Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Private Revolutions is a powerful and intimate portrait of China through the stories of four Chinese women who refused to accept the life laid out for them. It has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025, the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2025, and the Financial Times, New York Times, and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year. It is a revelatory, moving, and tender tale of hopes, fears, and change.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 09 May 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025 A Financial Times, New York Times, and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary VOGUE Private Revolutions 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.

Weight: 396g
Dimension: 233 x 153 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526655905