Private revolutions

Yuan Yang

This is a book about the coming of age of four women born in China in the 1980s and 1990s, dreaming of better futures. It is about Leiya, who wants to escape the fate of the women in her village. Still underage, she bluffs her way on to the factory floor. It is about June, who at fifteen sets what her family thinks is an impossible goal: to attend university rather than raise pigs. It is about Siyue, ranked second-to-bottom of her English class, who decides to prove her teachers wrong. And it is about Sam, who becomes convinced that the only way to change her country is to become an activist - even as the authorities slowly take her peers from the streets. With unprecedented access to the lives, hopes, homes, dreams and diaries of four ordinary women over a period of six years, 'Private Revolutions' gives a voice to those whose stories go untold.

Author(s): Yang, Yuan
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 09/05/2024
Pagination: 320 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Bloomsbury Circus
Published By: Bloomsbury Circus
Book Classification: Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions|Ethical issues: censorship|Gender studies: women & girls|Reportage & collected journalism|Political activism|Economic growth
Dimensions: 162x236x34
Weight: 520
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781526655899