| Welcome to my website, where you can find out more about me and my books than you probably ever wanted to know. My latest news, articles, reviews, contact information, reading guides, and personal updates are -- to shamelessly paraphrase the Rolling Stones -- just a click away. Thanks for taking an interest, staying literate, and checking in. Best, Susan ___________________________________ Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman’s new memoir, is a hilarious but harrowing journey, a modern heart of darkness full of Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. In 1986, fresh out of college, Gilman and her friend Claire yearned to do something daring and original that did not involve getting a job. Inspired by a place mat at the International |
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Her latest book UNDRESS ME IN THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN arrives in bookstores March 2009 Click here to pre-order on Amazon |
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| House of Pancakes, they planned an ambitious trip around the globe, starting in the People’s Republic of China. At that point, China had been open to independent travelers for all of ten minutes. Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche and an astrology guide, the two plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads. As they ventured deep into Chinese territory, they were stripped of everything familiar and forced to confront their limitations amid culture shock and government surveillance. What began as a journey full of humor, eroticism, and enlightenment grew increasingly sinister – becoming a real-life international thriller that transformed them forever. “Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven” is a flat-out page-turner, an astonishing true story of hubris and redemption told with Gilman’s trademark compassion, lyricism, and wit. -- GCP's book jacket |
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