Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min

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A fictional portrait of Jiang Ching, one of the most vilified women of the century, follows the life of Madame Mao, from her youth as the unwanted daughter of a concubine, to her search for fame as an actress in Shanghai, to her romance and marriage to revolutionary Mao Zedong, to her role in the turbulent Communist rule of China. By the author of Red Azalea. Reader’s Guide available.