Wild Swans Collection by Jung Chang - 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Mixed Format

Titles in This Set
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Mixed Format (Hardback; Paperback)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Overview
This two-book collection unites Jung Chang's landmark family memoir with its long-awaited sequel, offering a complete arc of modern Chinese history told through one extraordinary family. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China follows three generations of women from the last days of imperial China through revolution, war, and the Cultural Revolution. Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China picks up the story decades later, tracing Chang's own life in exile and her bond with her mother. Together, these titles pair sweeping historical scope with deeply personal reflection, ideal reading for anyone drawn to modern China.

About the Books
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is Jung Chang's landmark memoir, first published in 1991, chronicling her grandmother, her mother, and Jung herself across a century of Chinese upheaval. Beginning with her grandmother's life as a warlord's concubine in the last years of imperial China, the narrative moves through the Japanese occupation, civil war, the founding of the People's Republic, and the brutal chaos of the Cultural Revolution, during which Jung's own parents suffered persecution for their loyalty to the Communist Party they had once served. It is a multigenerational portrait of resilience, told with a historian's clarity and a daughter's intimacy, and it went on to become a multi-million-copy international bestseller. Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China is Chang's recent follow-up, bringing the family story into the present. Where Wild Swans ended in 1978 with Chang's departure for Britain, this sequel follows the decades since: her life as a historian and writer in the West, the pull of the homeland that has banned her books, and above all her relationship with her aging mother, from whom political circumstance has often kept her separated. Structured as memoir woven with reflection, it revisits the losses recounted in Wild Swans while charting China's rise into a global power. Read together, the two books offer a rare before-and-after view of one family, and of a nation, across more than a century of transformation.

Key Benefits

• Pairs the original bestselling memoir with its brand-new sequel
• Covers over a century of Chinese history, from the last emperor to Xi Jinping
• Blends rigorous research with intimate, first-person storytelling
• Great gift for history buffs and memoir readers
• Brand-new copies, ready for gifting or a home library
• Ideal pick for book clubs exploring modern China and family memory

Book-by-Book Guide
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China — Chang's multi-million-copy bestselling memoir traces her grandmother, mother, and herself through revolution, war, and the Cultural Revolution.
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China — The long-awaited sequel follows Chang's life since leaving China in 1978 and her bond with her mother amid China's rise to global power.

About the Author
Jung Chang was born in Sichuan, China, in 1952 and lived through the Cultural Revolution before leaving China in 1978 to study in Britain, becoming one of the first people from the People's Republic to earn a doctorate there. Her memoir Wild Swans, published in 1991, became an international bestseller that has sold millions of copies, though it remains banned in mainland China. She has also written biographies of Empress Dowager Cixi and Mao Zedong, the latter with Jon Halliday. Chang lives in London, where she continues writing about China's history.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Whether you're revisiting Chang's original masterpiece or discovering her family's story through its powerful new sequel, this set delivers history, heart, and resilience in equal measure. A thoughtful gift for the history lover on your list, a book club pick, or a great addition to any home library.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.