In 1986, Susan Jane Gilman and a classmate embarked on a bold trek around the globe starting in the People's Republic of China. At that point of time, China had been open to independent backpackers for roughlymten minutes. Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche and Linda Goodman's love signs, the two friends plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly,they quickly found themselves in over their heads-hungry, disoriented, stripped of everything they'd survive. But by summating strengths she never knew she had-and with help from unexpected friends-the two travellers found their way out of a Chinese heart of darkness. UNDRESS ME IN THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN is a flat-out page-turner, an astonishing true story of naivete, friendship, and redemption told with Susan's trademark compassion and humour,