I read this at the behest of my mother who had loved it. I too found it incredible.

Several years later I was training to be a teacher of English as a second language in London and was told to prepare a lesson with the theme of biographies. At the time I was staying with a friend and seeing Wild Swans on her bookshelf decided to take it along the next day to use as a prop in my class.

At the end of the class one of the chinese students came up to me and asked if I’d enjoyed it. When I replied that I’d loved it she broke into a smile and said, “It is about my family”. I was amazed to find that I had Jung Chang’s sister in my class! She got me to look at the photos and there she was as a child but still recognizable.