Matt Hensley 10/29/01 Book Review “Wild Swans: Three Daughter of China” “Wild Swans” is a gripping account of the lives of three generations of women in 20th century China. Jung Chung is the author of this book, and the third of these heroic women. Born in China in 1952, she has successfully and vividly documented the lives of herself, her mother, and her grandmother during the many changes China has endured. The story starts off with the …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…out unscathed, at least physically. She, in the end, manages to escape on a scolorship to study abroad and has lived there ever since. Sometimes we have to sacrifice everything for our beliefs, sometimes it works out for the best, other times its doesn’t. After a century of frustrating work a woman from Jung’s family has finally achieved freedom. With persistence comes change, and the sacrificing of ones dreams may fulfill another’s.