This book highlights the uniqueness of her style: You understand something great from something seemingly trivial. When I read these true,moving stories, I felt as if I were joining in their talk, and was delighted to make 11 precious new friends whom a man of my age would normally never meet and befriend with.

This book contains the touching life stories of 1 1 young Chinese people who have struggled to realize their dreams, experienced success and failure, learned lessons and occasionally felt regret. The stories are presented without mbellishment and in their original form as interviews; they feature marital upsets, inter- personal conflicts, frustration arising from failure, the struggles of a UN official trying to keep the peace in Liberia, the new life of a former champion figure-skater after retirement, the happiness found by a young man despite losing a leg, a girl's dream to travel around the world, and more.

Finding a Smile on the Darkened Face of Life

Appreciating Beauty in One's Own World

Relying on Myself to Succeed.

The Film You Make Reflects Our Life

Learning to Be Grateful and Finding Happiness

Money Came Between Us

A Poor Boy's Dream Becomes Joyous Reality

Being Rich, Am I Happy?

No Fantasy, No Miracle!

The Opposite Direction to My Home Village

To Be a Competent Man All My Life

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