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Book Synopsis''As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary'' VOGUE
''Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound'' IRISH TIMES
''A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for them. Incredible'' SUNDAY TIMES
''A revelatory, moving and tender tale of hopes, fears and change'' PETER FRANKOPAN
*A Sunday Times, Observer & BBC Highlight for 2024*
This is a book about the coming of age of four women born in China in the 1980s and 1990s, in a society about to change beyond recognition.
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-
