{"product_id":"9780802196156","title":"Life and Death in Shanghai","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe national bestselling memoir of a woman’s resistance and struggles in Communist China—“an absorbing story of resourcefulness and courage” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an official of Chiang Kai-shek’s regime, and an employee of Shell Oil. When she refused to confess that any of this made her an enemy of the state, she was placed in solitary confinement, where she would remain for more than six years.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife and Death in Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the story of Nien Cheng’s imprisonment—a time of extreme deprivation which she met with heroic resistance—as well as her quest for justice when she was released. It is also the story of a country torn apart by Mao Zedong’s vicious campaign to topple party moderates. An incisive, personal account of a terrifying chapter in twentieth-century history, \u003ci\u003eLife and Death in Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e is also an astounding portrait of one woman’s courage.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128692588784,"sku":"9780802196156","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802196156_p0.jpg?v=1763726405","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802196156","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}