Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women, each striving for a better future in an unequal society. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZEA Financial Times, New York Times and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE'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 Yuan Yang, the first Chinese-born British MP, tells the stories of four Chinese women striving for a better future in an unequal society. From June, who dreams of going to university rather than raising pigs, to Sam, forced into hiding as her activist peers are lifted from the streets, this is a singularly immersive portrait of a rapidly changing nation – and of the courage of those caught in the swell.