I found this book by coincidence when I returned China Dawn.
Rachel DeWoskin, a Columbia graduate spent a great part of the 1990s in Beijing, when I left the country for the US. We both experienced cultural shock in each other’s countries in the mid-1990s. Her book gives me the sensational description of Chinese urban life, which seems so far away from me. It’s easy and fun to read and not as fluffy as the cover suggests.