Introduction

Yung chang is among the most widely read chinese authors of her generation. Born in 19 52 in jin province, she was raised inside marse dungs communist china. Her family's experience of that society and that leader compelled her to write her first ground breaking memoir,. wild swans, three daughters of china. Yum's books have been translated into more than forty language and sold more than 15 million copies outside mainland china where they are banned.