Mind-boggling account of Chinese upheaval

Would you consider the audio edition of Wild Swans to be better than the print version?

Not necessarily. I have the print version and consider both valuable.

What did you like best about this story?

Although I was familiar with the outlines of this period in China, I found the personal story of the family that goes through the experiences of drastic changes riveting.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Maybe something like "adapt or die" or "what seems to be true isn't" or "you can't always get what you want and sometimes you can't even get what you need"

Any additional comments?

Amazing story, well told.

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Exceptional Story!

Enthralling story. Well written, beautifully read. Truly an anazing story told across generations intertwined with a balance of history and information.

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Listen to this version!

There are two highly rated versions of this audiobook and I vastly preferred the narration by Pik-sen Lim, who did a great job empathically narrating, and in general is a more authentic voice for the author.

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A book to prevent history from repeating itself

This is a very interesting book that gives a lot to analyze in regards to the way communist ideologies are presented to populations and how these tactics are still used in modern day politics. I bought this book with the intention of relating the previously mentioned “tactics” to the political panorama of today’s Mexico. And it proved to be very useful in that regard.

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Emotional and historical.

I was carrried through the country and the lives of this family. Good choise for the audio.

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Fascinating!

An absolutely fascinating story of an amazing family. I wish I could have known all this when we briefly covered 20th Century China in school history.

Such a brave story of three generations of women who all suffeted for their strong sense of what is right.

Brilliantly read - l was grateful to have the correct pronunciations of all the Chinese words as, had I read it in hard copy, I would have got them all so wrong!

Eye opening, awe inspiring, heart wrenching...

I was on the edge of my seat the whole time... it's a must read if you know as little about the Hitler of China as I did. So respectfully and honestly written. Thank you for your courage!

best audiobook I've listened to

Best audio video book I've listened to. Interesting view into China's history through eyes of three generations.

An astonishing gift

What a astonishing gift this book is. So brilliantly written and honest. It is as though I have journeyed to the very heart of China through the experiences if Jung Chang and her family.

I also feel that she has made me look at my own life anew even though I grew up in a completely different world in Zimbabwe in southern Africa. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all.

Grateful

I am grateful for the honesty. I just finished it while home during the 2020 CoVid-19 lockdown - an occurrence foisted on the world by the duplicity and stupidity of the Chinese Communist Party. This book helps this American understand how very foolish the West has been to allow ourselves to follow the guidance of the CCP into a Wuhan type lockdown and how incredibly misled we have been by our own politicians who encouraged our businesses to move our pharmaceutical and other manufacturing to mainland China which is still ruled by the CCP. This book separates the Chinese people and the CCP. It gives dignity to the former and justified condemnation to the later. I appreciate this well told tale of a family struggling against all odds and amazingly sometimes succeeding. I look forward to her other books.