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A Financial Times and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year

'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

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, r

Private Revolutions

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    A Paperback by Yuan Yang

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Published 1 September 2024
      ISBN-13 9781526655905
      978-1526655905
      ISBN-10 152665590X
      Also in:
      Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Financial Times and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year

      '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

      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, r

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