Wild Swans - Jung Chang

As of page 160, this book has been slightly confusing in the way it is laid out. This story is told from the point of view from a woman. She recounts the stories of her great grandmother, her grandmother, her mother, and I'm assuming herself. She switches back and forth between logistics of what is going on at the points in the story, and the personal details of her family. From her mother being a Communist, to her grand mother having to bind her feet, no part of the girl's lives are left out. Like the book Princess, which I read for the middle east section, China is male dominated, although it is not as bad. It makes me sad, still, to hear about her grandmother was forced to bind her feet, because feet that were over four inches were considered ugly, and the men in society would not look to her for marriage. There is not a lot of information other than that so far in the book that is worth saying in this blog, so I guess I'll say more when I'm farther along (since this book has about 500 pages)