Jung Chang

Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

he was passed away from high blood pressure and a heart attack at the age of only 40

Luoyi

After a long pause, Father said, “If I die like this, I don’t believe in the Communist Party anymore.”

me when i have to choose between passing micro and surviving the cultural revolution

“What’s wrong with supplying things people need? If there is demand, there should be supply.” Because if this remark, my mother was given a warning about her “right wing tendencies”.

At this parade a slogan was put forward, “capable women can make a meal without food,” a reversal of the ancient Chinese saying, “no matter how capable, a women cannot make a meal without food.” Exaggerated rhetoric had become concrete demands. Impossible fantasies were supposed to become reality.

the way i was so mad at the husband until i read about his ending and redemption arch but STILL wdym you sent ur wife home bcs you had to be present at the opera bcs you’re an official

She managed to drag herself to her bed, and by the light of a lamp she saw that her trousers were soaked with blood. She fainted as soon as her head hit the bed. She had lost her first child. And there was nobody near her.

With one part of her heart she felt like a bird which was now going to burst out of its cage and fly to the sky. With the other part she wondered when or if she would ever see these people she loved, particularly her mother, again.

Perhaps one of the coolest books I’ve ever read, takes you through 80 years of chinese history through a family 

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

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