02636cam a2200361 i 4500 2634637816 TxAuBib 20260203120000.0 251126s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063480049 hardcover 35.00 0063480042 hardcover 35.00 (OCoLC)1553874098 TxAuBib rda Chang, Jung, 1952- Fly, wild swans [BOOK] : my mother, myself and China / Jung Chang. First U.S. edition. New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] ©2025. 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by William Collins.". "'At the age of fifteen, my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general...' So begins Jung Chang’s epic family memoir, Wild Swans, which defines a generation. The book ends in 1978, when Deng Xiaoping opened the door of Communist China, and Jung—twenty-six years old and unstoppably curious, despite years of brainwashing— seized the propitious moment and became one of the first Chinese to leave the tightly sealed country and come to the West. Fly, Wild Swans chronicles her journey and that of her family, along with that of China, as it rose from a decrepit and isolated state to a world power challenging American dominance. During those decades, although she lives in the West, Jung’s life intertwines with her native land in unexpected ways, a rare relationship made more complex because all her books are banned there. Her family story mirrors the ups and downs of China’s transformation, right up to today, as it enters another watershed. Chairman Xi Jinping’s attempt to return China to the anti-American Maoist past has a devastating impact on Jung’s life: She is unable to go to her mother’s deathbed. Fly, Wild Swans is Jung’s love letter and emotional tribute to her extraordinary mother. It is filled with drama, love, curiosity and incredible history—both personal and global.". 20260203. Chang, Jung 1952- Xia, De-hong 1931- Mothers and daughters China Biography. China Biography. China History 1949- China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Autobiographies.