She Climbed the Career Ladder by Writing in the 1970s

At fifty-three, Xu Yunfang died suddenly after staying up all night reading novels. When she opened her eyes again, she heard someone calling “Mom, Mom” beside her. She had become a twenty-three-year-old widow in a mining district in Northwest China in the early 1960s. Her husband had just died, leaving her with twin daughters. She was still named Xu Yunfang. Drawing on the wisdom and literary talent of her former life, along with a mysterious golden finger, she began as a temporary canteen worker in a Northwest China mining district in the 1960s and 1970s. Through writing, she changed her fate, eventually becoming a leading figure in the cultural world and raising four children to success on her own. This is the story of her remarkable years.