"Wild Swans" is a gripping account of the lives of three generations of women in 20th century China. Jung Chung is the author of this book, and the third of these heroic women. Born in China in 1952, she has successfully and vividly documented the lives of herself, her mother, and her grandmother during the many changes China has endured.

The story starts off with the life of Jung Chung's grandmother born in 1909. After years of preparation for marriage, which included the inhumane practice of binding feet, her father uses her to better his life by marrying her off to a northern warlord. Women in those days had no say so in whom they married, it was prearranged and love was rarely involved. She was not made his wife, but a disposable concubine. She did not live in the same household as he and his family did, she lived elsewhere a

The war with Japan began, and the civil war between the Communists and the Nationalists grew fierce. Against this brutal backdrop, Yu Fang grew up becoming involved in the Communist cause. As a young girl she was a revolutionist that stood up for her beliefs. She eventually met a man by the name of Wang Yu who was a very well known Communist. They eventually got married and shared in their victory over the Nationalists. Eventually Wang Yu became governor of Sichuan province, and Yu Fang became a high-ranking Communist official. Yu Fang endured a different type of hardship then her mother; she married a man with an undying sense of loyalty to the communist party. Despite being pregnant she was made to walk over five mountain passes while her husband rode in a jeep so that he wasn't accused of favoritism. The result was the miscarriage of their child. Their leader Mao-Tsetung didn't know how to govern in peace and

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Approximate Word count = 617
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)