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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

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Many Chinese memoirs have now been published in the West, but this remains the best – also the biggest – in size and scope – covering three generations. You may find it takes a while to get immersed but persevere and it becomes one of those real “can’t put down” books. The tragic history of modern China is reflected through Jung Chang’s own family, a true epic story that will live with you long after you reach the last page.

 

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A "Piece of Passion" from the publisher...

Although it’s now twenty years ago, I still remember the first time I read the typescript of Wild Swans. I was absolutely overwhelmed by it, and I had no doubt that other readers would feel the same. Little did I imagine, however, that it would become the worldwide phenomenon it did. The reasons for its extraordinary success are not hard to understand. Wild Swans is the true family story of three women who embody the history of twentieth-century China: Jung Chang’s grandmother, the concubine of a feudal warlord; her mother, a dedicated and highly placed Communist official who found herself and her husband persecuted by Mao’s regime; and Jung herself, a young Red Guard who grew up to question Mao, and to accomplish the then near-miraculous feat of escaping China for the West. But no mere summary can remotely do justice to this book. You’ll have to read it for yourself.

Sue Baker

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