Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
By far her most painfully personal yet — an unflinching assessment of her life and career and the role those dearest to her played in both ... In simple, straightforward prose, Chang describes in new detail the horrors her parents suffered through during China's Cultural Revolution ... It is also a book of enduring filial love ... Chang has a talent for tapping the history of the individual to speak to the broader societal forces at play around them.
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Chang has written an epilogue of sorts to Wild Swans and to her life’s work. Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China operates as several things: an account of her journey as a writer, a chance to correct the record and a paean to her mother. There is little revelation to be found here in Chang’s reflections on modern China, but for those versed in her family history, this updated account is illuminating even as it retreads familiar ground.
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Touching ... We see how events in China exert a push-pull effect on Ms. Chang.
