Wild Swans: A Chinese Drama in the Lives of Three Women (1909-1978)

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Between the intimacy of memoirs and the epic nature of a novel, the tragedy of three Chinese women:
Jeddah was born in 1909 during the feudal era. Her father sold her to one of the warlords and generals to be his slave, so she tried to escape her fate.

A daughter joined the secret resistance in the civil war and risked her life to smuggle secrets to the communists, and was arrested.

The granddaughter, who is the author of the novel, was a member of the Red Guard and was later exiled to the Himalayas.

A deep dive into Mao Zedong's China, into its palaces as well as its prisons, into its mass public scenes as well as the quarters of women and concubines.

Jung Chang's books are among the best-selling in the world. They have been translated into more than forty languages. She was born in China in 1952 and left for Britain in 1978. She lives in London. Her book, "The Three Sisters: Remarkable Women Who Shaped Modern Chinese History," was published by Saqi Books.