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This powerful memoir is the compelling true story of Peter Tang, a Chinese labor camp survivor who was brutally imprisoned for 15 years. Because Tang wished to have a suitable job and marry a girlfriend who had relatives overseas, he was branded a political malcontent and became a purge target. Accused of being in a counterrevolutionary clique, he was sentenced to two years of so-called ""re-education through labor."" He never dreamed those two years would turn into fifteen. At the camp, Tang suffered through starvation, terror, heavy labor, and mental oppression so intense that many fellow inmates sought escape through suicide. After the death of Mao Zedong, Tang was finally freed, but he still suffered from the shock and fear. Through many setbacks, he succeeded in coming to the U.S. where through diligence and hard work he was able to build a new and happy life.

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Peter Tang was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province of China. After graduating with honors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1960, he was assigned to work in an army unit training the soldiers. Attempts to transfer to a job better suited to his professional training were not allowed and his refusal to break up with his politically undesirable girlfriend made him a target during the purge. This made it easy to name Tang as an alleged co-conspirator when an old classmate was arrested while attempting to flee to Hong Kong. Tang was then sent to a labor camp for ""re-education,"" where he suffered starvation, hard labor, fear, and mental oppression for 15 years. After the death of Mao Zedong, Tang was finally freed and began working as chief engineer for Bohai Petroleum. Even so, due to the rigorous political situation in China, he continued to suffer from the shock and fear from his time in the labor camp. After many setbacks, he finally succeeded in immigrating to the United States as a graduate student and was able to build a new and happy life. This is his memoir, the true account of the twists and turns Peter Tang experienced from enduring the hellish ordeal of captivity to now living the best life the free world has to offer. He has known terror and depression and seen the ugliness of human nature. But he has also found joy, confidence, and the goodness of fellow man. His life has been a microcosm of two vastly different worlds.

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