She had one way out of a prison cell: sign a confession. She refused for 2,372 days. Then came out to a lie about her daughter.

In 1966, Mao's Cultural Revolution turned Nien Cheng's education, her wealth, and her years at a Western oil company into evidence against her. No trial. No lawyer. Just a cell, a demand to sign, and 2,372 days of saying no. When she finally walked free, officials told her something that would define the rest of her life; and she refused to believe it.

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