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London: Vintage. Very Good-. 2003. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Minor reading creases, faint cup rings to front cover, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Fourth printing. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; 240 pages; A shocking, extraordinary and eye-opening read. The true stories of life in modern day China, as collected by a radio journalist. A heart-breaking book, as women struggle to cope with the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, on top of the restrictions of the traditional role of Chinese women. .

London: Vintage. Very Good-. 2003. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading creases, slightly thumbed, small split at base of spine. ; First UK paperback edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 240 pages; A shocking, extraordinary and eye-opening read. The true stories of life in modern day China, as collected by a radio journalist. A heart-breaking book, as women struggle to cope with the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, on top of the restrictions of the traditional role of Chinese women. .

London: Vintage. Near Fine. 2005. Reprint; Ninth Printing. Paperback. 130 X 14 X 197 millimeters . Minor reading creases and shelf wear. ; Ninth printing of Vintage paperback edition, 2005. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design uncredited incorporating images courtsey of J, Brown/AFP/Getty and Galen Rowell/Corbis. ; 176 pages; Author's follow up to The Good Women of China. As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened and fascinated her. Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan, a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband, Kejun, after he disappeared in Tibet; her extraordinary life story would unravel the legend of the sky burial. For thirty years she was lost in the wild and alien landscape of Tibet, in the vast and silent plateaux and the magisterial mountain ranges, living with communities of nomads moving with the seasons and… Read More