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Also by Susan Jane Gilman:

Donna Has Left the Building, July 2020
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Wedding Cake For Breakfast, May 2012
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UNDRESS ME IN THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
By: Susan Jane Gilman

Grand Central Publishing
February 2009
On Sale: February 8, 2009
306 pages
ISBN: 0446696935
EAN: 9780446696937
Paperback
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Non-Fiction Memoir

In 1986, Susan Jane Gilman and a classmate embarked on a bold trek around the globe starting in the People's Republic of China. At that point, China had been open to independent backpackers for roughly ten minutes. Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche and Linda Goodman's Love Signs, the two friends plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads--hungry, disoriented, stripped of everything familiar, and under constant government surveillance. Soon, they began to unravel--one physically, the other psychologically. As their journey became increasingly harrowing, they found themselves facing crises that Susan didn't think they'd survive. But by summoning strengths she never knew she had--and with help from unexpected friends--the two travelers found their way out of a Chinese heart of darkness.

UNDRESS ME IN THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN is a flat-out page-turner, an astonishing true story of naïveté, friendship, and redemption told with Susan's trademark compassion and humor.

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All Things Considered - August 26, 2010