Dog's daughter

the long version

Lindsay (Lei) Wang was born the daughter of parents condemned as counter-revolutionaries in Communist China. Sent away when she was a week old to be raised by her grand-parents in Shanghai, she grew up under the hostile stare of Communist leaders and harassment of teachers and peers. In 1976, with Mao's death, Lei was allowed to attend college, start a professional career, and even live and work in the United States, which revealed itself to be a more insidious land of persecution....-- from publisher's description.