Susan Jane Gilman Books In Order

Novels

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street (2014)
Donna Has Left the Building (2019)

Non fiction

Kiss My Tiara (2001)
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress (2004)
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven (2009)

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Susan Jane Gilman Books Overview

Kiss My Tiara

Irreverent, provocative, hip this guide to power and attitude offers women an intelligent alternative to the negative messages we hear every day from magazines, TV and relatives. Gilman serves up advice on everything from sex to politics.

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress

From the author of ‘Kiss My Tiara’ comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about women coming of age that for once isn’t about finding a date.

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven

They were young, brilliant, and bold. They set out to conquer the world. But the world had other plans for them.

Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman’s new memoir is a hilarious and harrowing journey, a modern heart of darkness filled with 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 House of Pancakes, they decided to embark on 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 roughly ten minutes.

Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche, an astrological love guide, and an arsenal of bravado, the two friends plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads. As they ventured off the map 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.