Red Azalea

It was written during the first eight years she spent in the United States, from 1984 to 1992, and tells the story of her personal experience during the Cultural Revolution.

"[3] Min stated "I wrote Red Azalea for the ghost of Little Green", referring to a female friend on a collective farm.

Her first conflict with this system comes when a favorite teacher is put on trial for espionage and the young Anchee Min is expected to testify against her.

She soon finds difficulty, however, when a friend is mentally broken by interrogation and humiliation after being discovered in a sexual situation with a man.

The next few years are briefly mentioned, and the memoir ends with a short explanation of how Min came to live in the United States in 1984.

"[1] Kirkus Reviews wrote that the work is "Fascinating", "haunting and quietly dramatic"; the magazine also praised the "poetic, distinctively Chinese diction" even though the author's use of the English language had "slight awkwardness".

[2] De Bertodano stated that the revelations involving a same sex romance and "dissident stance" made the reception in China negative.