The follow-up to Wild Swans, the book that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of courageous women in one family.
By far her most painfully personal yet — an unflinching assessment of her life and career and the role those dearest to her played in both ... In simple, straightforward prose, Chang describes in new detail the horrors her parents suffered through during China's Cultural Revolution ... It is also a book of enduring filial love ... Chang has a talent for tapping the history of the individual to speak to the broader societal forces at play around them.
Few can match Chang’s ability to bring Chinese history and politics to life through deeply felt personal narrative, and few have shaped western understanding of China as broadly. Nearly 35 years on from the book that made her name, this story of suffering and success has the air of a closing chapter, a reckoning with both her achievements and the cost of the path she chose.
