Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

by Jung Chang (Author)

Synopsis

Blending the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, "Wild Swans" has become a bestselling classic in thirty languages, with more than ten million copies sold. The story of three generations of women in twentieth-century China, it is an engrossing record of Mao's impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love. Chang captures in gripping, moving -- and ultimately uplifting -- detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 707
Edition: Export ed.
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 18 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0743254392
ISBN 13: 9780743254397

Media Reviews
The New Yorker Her family chronicle resembles a popular novel that stars strong, beautiful women and provides cameo roles for famous men....But Wild Swans is no romance. It's a story...about the survival of a Chinese family through a century of disaster.