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Jung Chang


Born
in Yibin, Sichuan, China
March 25, 1952

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Jung Chang (Chinese: 張戎) is a Chinese-British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the People's Republic of China.
Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005. ...more

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“When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter and himself: 'If you have love, even plain water is sweet.”
― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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“If you have love, even plain cold water is sweet.”
― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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“...go in the direction your head is pointed in.”
― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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June 2018 New School Poll

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, 1908, 119 pages
 
  154 votes, 47.4%

Light in August by William Faulkner, 1932, 507 pages
 
  60 votes, 18.5%

 
  40 votes, 12.3%

The Wreath by Sigrid Undset, 1920, 305 pages
 
  37 votes, 11.4%

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, 1977, 692 pages
 
  34 votes, 10.5%

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