![]() ![]() ![]() As a liberal person, I never quite understood what was so bad about communist China. ![]() My preconceived notions of communism were frankly tromped upon by this memoir. From her mother who was part of the communist revolution to herself who ended up an ex-patriot in Britain. Starting with her grandmother who had bound feet and was essentially sold by her family as a concubine, Change moves up through the drastic changes in China. Chang was extremely careful to verify the facts of the historical events surrounding her family’s various issues. It has been a very long time since I’ve learned so much from a memoir. My history BA taught me to favor first-person accounts over academic ramblings, so a memoir of communist China from a woman’s perspective was frankly ideal. So when Meghan blogged about this memoir, I was immediately intrigued. Mixing extensive historical facts with intensely personal remembrances, Jung Chang presents a vivid portrait of real life in China.Īs an American, I was raised being told communism is bad, but not particularly taught much about it. ![]() In this memoir, Jung Chang recounts the lives of herself, her mother, and her grandmother growing up in pre-communist, revolutionary, and communist China. ![]()
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