About the Author

Liliane Willens was born of Russian parents and raised in the former French Concession of Shanghai where she attended a French lycee. After immigrating to the United States, she received her Ph.D. from Boston University and taught at Boston College and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She now lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

Willens relates this amazing story with grace and pleasing humour." -Marcia R. Ristaino, author, Port of Last Resort "Willens' story is compelling to all generations. Now that China has risen onto the world stage, her firsthand experience is more relevant than in any prior generation to understanding how Chinese and Western views can both clash and coalesce." -Nien Cheng, author, Life and Death in Shanghai