About the book:
In 1936, a seventeen year old woman from China's Shanxi Province began correspondence with the famous writer Ba Jin. Seventy years later, in 2006, the author Zhao Yu, unexpectedly stumbles upon seven of Ba Jin's replies in an antique shop. What follows is a journey the tumultuous history of twentieth century China as the author endeavors to discover the identity of Ba Jin's young pen pal. The adventure which ensues - full of coincidences, dead-ends, surprising revelations and even a murder, is also a journey through Chinese literary and intellectual history.

Contents：
Foreword
1 The First Letter to Daili by Ba Jin
2 The Curio Market Peddler Asks a High Price
3 Where Did These Old Letters Come From?
4 Warm and Sensitive Themes
5 A Bloodstained Copy of Sacrifice
6 It Was My Memories that Compelled Me to Write Spring
7 Looking for Shanxi's Zhao Fengdong
8 Faith Is the Root of Literature
9 Finding Zhao Wenying
10 A Weak Person Struggling in the Midst of Conflict
11 Birthday Congratulations in a Village Bring New Hope
12 The Two Brothers of the Zhao Mansion
13 The Last Letter Before the War of Resistance
14 The Cart Pullers from Ningwu Pass
15 Meisheng Leaves and Zhao Tingyu Gives His Life
16 Meeting Zhao Jian in Xi'an
17 The War didn't Destroy Them
18 From Kenanpo to Jiayuguan 194
19 Determined Not to Be a Second Wife
20 Working Together to Find Daili