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The Soong Sisters
- Author
- Emily Hahn
- Narrator
- Nancy Wu
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 18 December 2018
- Run Time
- 13 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong Sisters: Eling, Chingling, and Mayling. As told with wit and verve by Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong Sisters tells the story of China through both world wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and they appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion.
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“First-rate reportorial job on three distinguished women, whose activities are detailed down to the present…Crisp.”
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Details
- Author
- Emily Hahn
- Narrator
- Nancy Wu
- Duration
- 13 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 December 2018
- ISBN
- 9781982583484
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: historical, political and military, Asian history, Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls, Politics and government, Gender studies: women and girls
Synopsis
In the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong Sisters: Eling, Chingling, and Mayling. As told with wit and verve by Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong Sisters tells the story of China through both world wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and they appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion.
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