Private Revolutions : Coming of Age in a New China

Author(s): Yang, Yuan
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 24/04/2025,
Pagination: 320 pages,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781526655875,
Description:

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025A Financial Times, New York Times and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year'Powerfully intimate, politically incendiary' VOGUE'Could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound' IRISH TIMES'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for them. Incredible' SUNDAY TIMES'Revelatory, moving and tender' PETER FRANKOPAN Yuan Yang, the first Chinese-born British MP, tells the stories of four Chinese women striving for a better future in an unequal society. From June, who dreams of going to university rather than raising pigs, to Sam, forced into hiding as her activist peers are lifted from the streets, this is a singularly immersive portrait of a rapidly changing nation – and of the courage of those caught in the swell.