I am usually not a fan of books on history but this book intertwines the stories of these three women so well that I was actually able to learn a lot of China's history without ever getting bored. The chinese culture of women is so fascinating and reading it's evolution was a big eye opener. Being taiwanese, it was a very interesting (and often shocking) perspective into the history of China that I was never ever taught in school. I have new admiration for the chinese people who went through these difficult times before, during and after the cultural revolution.