Li Cunxin captivated the world with his unforgettable memoir, Mao's Last Dancer - the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of how a poor peasant boy, the sixth of seven sons, was plucked from his classroom to train at the Beijing Dance Academy - a lucky ticket out of poverty, out of communist China - to become one of the world's most acclaimed ballet dancers.
Li was indeed his niang's lucky son, and in his long-awaited sequel he reveals what happened next in this life that cheated fate, and wrestles with the blessings and responsibility of good fortune.
