These memoirs, published in Chinese in Taiwan though originally written in English, are of great significance to Chinese readers. Though the publicity campaign for the book was put off until the end of July 2003 because of the SARS outbreak in the spring, the publisher estimates that the book still sold nearly 20,000 copies in the three months of summer. The PRC accounts for a considerable number of these.
這本回憶錄以英文書寫、中文譯本率先出版，別具意義，雖然受 SARS 影響，宣傳活動遲至七月底方才展開，但據出版社估計，三個月內銷售近兩萬冊，其中有相當的比例是流向中國大陸。