The good women of China: hidden voices

✍ Scribed by Xinran

• Book ID: 100276243
• Publisher: Random House of Canada;Random House Canada, Vintage Canada
• Year: 2002;2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 155 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 030736626X

✦ Synopsis

An unprecedented, intimate account of the lives of modern Chinese women, told by the women themselves -- true stories of the political and personal upheavals they have endured in their chaotic and repressive society

For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran hosted a radio program in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening, Words on the Night Breeze became famous throughout the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to be a woman in modern China. Centuries of obedience to their fathers, husbands and sons, followed by years of fear under Communism, had made women terrified of talking openly about their feelings. Xinran won their trust and, through her compassion and ability to listen, became the first woman to hear their true stories.

This unforgettable book is the story of how Xinran negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the...