Before migrating to North America, Li (teacher education, California State U., Long Beach) experienced the Cultural Revolution and taught at universities in China. In this volume, she employs both prose narrative and poetry to recount her cross-cultural experiences along with those of other Chinese women immigrants. Taoist philosophy is used throughout the text as a framework for understanding life in the midst of perplexity and contradiction. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)