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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister - Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (Hardcover)
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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister - Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (Hardcover)
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020** They were the
most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a
hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the
three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and
each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister,
Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to
be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang
Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China and a major
political figure in her own right. Big Sister, Ei-ling, became
Chiang's unofficial main adviser - and made herself one of China's
richest women. All three sisters enjoyed tremendous privilege and
glory, but also endured constant mortal danger. They showed great
courage and experienced passionate love, as well as despair and
heartbreak. They remained close emotionally, even when they
embraced opposing political camps and Ching-ling dedicated herself
to destroying her two sisters' worlds. Big Sister, Little Sister,
Red Sister is a gripping story of love, war, intrigue, bravery,
glamour and betrayal, which takes us on a sweeping journey from
Canton to Hawaii to New York, from exiles' quarters in Japan and
Berlin to secret meeting rooms in Moscow, and from the compounds of
the Communist elite in Beijing to the corridors of power in
democratic Taiwan. In a group biography that is by turns intimate
and epic, Jung Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women
who helped shape twentieth-century China.
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