I bought a few books in Chinese during a recent trip to China. This memoir and essay collection is by far the best. The author is a young ethnic Yi Chinese woman who grew up in a poor mountain village in South West China. In fact, I haven’t read such a good contemporary memoir since 李娟 (Li Juan). Both authors write thoughtful and introspective memoirs with themes of ethnic minorities in China. Compared to Li Juan's work, this book is more modern and with a strong feminism undertone.
Highly recommended if you are interested in contemporary Chinese literature. I do hope the book finds its way into English soon.