沈小梅出生于抗日战争的隆隆炮声中。幼年随父母移居昆明。抗战胜利后,举家迁返故乡上海,在“十里洋场”度过了她金色的、梦幻般的童年和少年时期。她的父母都是学识渊博的知识分子。父亲曾两度留学法国,先后获经济学硕士、博士学位,是一位很有才华的银行家。母亲出身职业外交家的 Shen Xiaomei was born in the gunshots of the anti-Japanese war. Childhood moved to Kunming with his parents. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, his family moved back to his hometown of Shanghai and spent her golden and fantastic childhood and boyhood at the “Ten Li Yang Field”. Her parents are knowledgeable intellectuals. My father had studied in France twice, has a master’s degree in economics, a doctorate, is a talented banker. Mother was a professional diplomat