Wild swans : three daughters of China
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Published
New York : Touchstone, [2017?], c1991.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 562 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill., map, geneal. table ; 21 cm.
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Los Osos Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | 951.05 CHANG PBK | On Hold Shelf |
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Chang, Jung, -- 1952-
China -- Biography.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Women -- China -- Biography.
Women -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Xia, De-hong, -- 1931-
Yang, Yu-fang, -- 1909-1969.
China -- Biography.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Women -- China -- Biography.
Women -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Xia, De-hong, -- 1931-
Yang, Yu-fang, -- 1909-1969.
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Published
New York : Touchstone, [2017?], c1991.
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Book
Language
English
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The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history...A record of Mao's impact on China, a window on the female experience in the modern world, and a tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a "barefoot doctor," a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.
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