false 2568490 1 Su Xiaokang had faced calamity before: in 1989, after the Tiananmen Square massacre, he became the object of a government manhunt and was forced to flee China, leaving behind his wife and young son. Eventually his family was allowed to join him in exile in the United States, and he believed the worst was behind him. Then a terrible automobile accident left his wife, Fu Li, unable to move or speak.<br>In this remarkably honest account, Su, who blamed himself for his family's disaster, writes wrenchingly of his inner torment and despair. He describes the pain of living in exile, his desperate search for a miracle cure for Fu Li, and his bemusement at his teenage son's increasing Americanization. Above all, Su's moving memoir invites us along on a deeply personal odyssey, as a man who had once been at the center of an international political drama dedicates himself to the far more demanding task of remaking an emotional world for his wife and son. 2577719 9 7 2002 A Memoir of Misfortune total:2|3:1|2:1| 2 5 6 1 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 06:40:25 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 19:44:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 03:16:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 03:16:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 23 17:21:29 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 17:21:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 06:14:54 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 06:20:20 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Mar 13 13:00:40 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 13:00:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jan 13 18:22:17 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 18:22:17 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2568490