Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Audiobook)

from DeltaQueen50

Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang is the story of three generations of women and covers most of the 20th Century with all of China's upheavals and political unrest as it affected one family. These three women include the author herself, who now lives in the United Kingdom., her ...

from MarciaDavis

The story of three generations in twentieth-century China is an engrossing record of Mao's impact on China. Jung Chang describes the life of her grandmother, a warlords concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and...

from maryreinert

Wow! You can read all the history of modern China from the history books and never come to realize what it meant for the people who lived through it. Chang takes you on the daily path of people who were so affected by the very policies that they carried out. Chang's family was privileged but priv...

from lindawwilson

I liked the book and was pleased to learn so much about China under Mao. It was not a page turner, though, more of a history lesson, but still I am happier for having read it. Personal details that would be interesting are left out, like her relationship with Jon Halliday and other possible boyfr...

from The_Hibernator

This contains spoilers. Wild Swans is the memior of Jung Chang's childhood in China during the Cultural Revolution, but it's not only about her. She begins with the story of her grandmother. Jung Chang's grandmother was a concubine to a warlord. She had to use charm and wit to keep herself safe f...