About the Book: Fly, Wild Swans is the highly anticipated follow-up to Wild Swans, bringing the incredible story of Jung Chang’s family—and China itself—up to the present day. The book begins with her grandmother’s 1909 birth under the last emperor, moves through the horrendous ordeals her courageous parents endured during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, and ends in 1978 when Jung became one of the first Chinese citizens to leave Communist China. The narrative then chronicles the decades since, as Jung’s life became intimately entwined with a China that transformed from a decrepit, isolated state into a global challenger. Now, as the nation stands at a new watershed moment under Chairman Xi Jinping, Jung offers a heartfelt response, filled with drama, love, curiosity, and incredible personal and global history. Ultimately, this book—which serves as a love letter to her mother and frequently recalls her tragically lost grandmother and father—is memoir writing at its best, using a clear, honest, and compelling voice to show how the past has shaped her and molded the present, promising to herald the future