Once Upon a Time in the East is a memoir by Chinese-born British Xiaolu Guo.

The book is titled Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China in the United States.

[2] The book is titled Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China in the United States.

[3] A review in The Scotsman compared this book with Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You In Your Life by Yiyun Li, stating, "But the differences are more deep-structured than superficial, in that Guo and Li represent two sides of an almost perpetual literary dichotomy; the Romantic and the Classical.

[4] Kirkus Reviews praised the book: 'A rich and insightful coming-of-age story of not only a woman, but an artist and the country in which she was born.