When Susan, a shy Midwesterner in love with Chinese culture, started grad school in Hong Kong, she quickly fell for Li, the man of her dreams. As they exchanged vows, Susan was sure her life was perfect…until things took a sinister turn. In her eye-opening memoir, Susan recounts her struggle to be the perfect "Chinese" wife to her increasingly controlling and abusive husband. At first, she dismisses her own values to save the marriage. But when Li threatens to take their son, Jake, back to China for good, Susan must find the courage to stand up for herself, her son, and her future.