In 1978, she was ``officially rehabilitated'' and allowed to travel to the US, where she remains. Cheng has written a lengthy adult book (Life and Death in Shanghai, 1987) about these events the New York Times called it ``an absorbing story of resourcefulness and courage,'' while the Christian Science Monitor marveled at ``an indefatigable woman struggling to maintain her pride, dignity, sanity, and faith.'' Sommer's simple portrait is in the same vein, outlining the frightening arrest by angry young members of the Red Guard, the irrational questioning, Cheng's steadfast refusal to confess, her daughter's ``suicide'' (actually murder) when she too was imprisoned, Cheng's deteriorating health, torture, and eventual release. In ``The Library of Famous Women,'' the experiences of a wealthy Chinese woman, imprisoned (1966-73) during the Cultural Revolution.
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