Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng

Life and Death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng

547 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography challenging emotional informative slow-paced
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 In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked Nien Cheng’s home. Her background made her an obvious target. Educated at the London School of Economics, the widow of an official of Chiang Kai-shek’s regime, and an employee of Shell Oil, Cheng en...

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4.35
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emotional: 70%

informative: 58%

sad: 58%

challenging: 52%

reflective: 52%

dark: 47%

inspiring: 47%

tense: 47%

hopeful: 17%

adventurous: 5%


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