{"product_id":"fly-wild-swans-my-mother-myself-and-china","title":"Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe long-awaited sequel to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWild Swans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the multi-million copy, international bestselling sensation that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of women in one family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJung Chang’s epic family memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWild Swans,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e defined a generation, chronicling the experiences of Jung, her mother, and her grandmother—“three daughters of China”—as China transformed from empire to Communist nation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFly, Wild Swans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e continues the story of Jung’s family—and China—from the late 1970s until today. During that time, China rises from a decrepit and isolated state to world power challenging American dominance as Jung makes a new life in the West—one of the first Chinese to leave her homeland at the end of the Cultural Revolution. As Jung becomes a writer, her life remains intimately entwined with her native land, a relationship made more complex because her books are banned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA love letter to her mother, and a tribute to her grandmother and father, victims of the Cultural Revolution, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFly, Wild Swans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals that for Jung, the past is never far away. It has shaped her, just as it has molded modern China and continues to influence its future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday, China is again at another watershed moment: Chairman Xi Jinping seeks to return the country to the Maoist days, building a Communist state with capitalist features. This new Xi era is greatly affecting both Jung and her mother. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFly, Wild Swans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings their story into the present, offering an immersive, deeply moving, and unforgettable account of life in a communist dictatorship and the threats modern China poses to the international world order. It is family history at its best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548203585821,"sku":"9780063480049","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780063480049.jpg?v=1761675833","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/fly-wild-swans-my-mother-myself-and-china","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}