Menceritakan ttg kisah hidup 3 bersaudari dari Soong Dynasty ini. Buku ini menceritakan sepak terjang dan kiprah mereka dlm politik Cina di awal abad 20. Ei-Ling (atau Ai Ling) adalah kakak tertua yg dipanggil Big Sister (Da-Jie) adalah yg paling pintar mencari uang, maka julukannya adalah "ai qian" (cinta uang). Ching-Ling adalah anak kedua yg menikah dgn Sun Yat Sen, bapak pendiri RRC sehingga sebutannya adalah Madame Sun. Dia mengabdikan dirinya membela pihak Komunis yg diyakininya itulah ideologi yg diinginkan oleh suaminya, sehingga julukannya adalah "ai guo" (cinta negara). Sedangkan si bungsu perempuan adalah May-Ling (atau Mei Ling) menikah dgn Generalissimo (Jendral Besar) Chiang Kai-Shek yg memimpin Partai Nasionalis Cina selama 23 tahun di Cina sehingga sebutannya adalah Madame Chiang. Krn kekuasaan suaminya dan keglamoran gaya hidupnya maka May-Ling dijuluki "ai quan" (cinta kekuasaan). Your older child may not ask “Where do babies come from?”, but if she does, you’ll want to have one of these big sister books ready to go. I recommend starting with The Baby Tree first, then you can progress to the next one if your child is ready for more information. Related: 18 Things All Sisters Should Do Together Before They Turn 18 Books to Get Your Child Ready for Life With the New Baby

However, you can minimize the jealousy and acting out by easing your child into the role of a big sister and preparing her for this big life change. One of the best ways to prepare your child to become a good big sister to the new baby is to read her a lot of high-quality books about becoming a big sister. Inside: With books about becoming a big sister, it’s important to strike a balance of touching on challenges but also pointing out the fun parts. Here are the most positive, heartwarming big sister books that your child will love.

This is an ambitious undertaking, pruning the eventful lives of these 3 women to fit into one book. Jung Chang takes this on and covers all the highlights. The book is easily readable. The presentation is neutral to positive. The sisters's loyalty to one another is stressed. In each of the marriages, the Soong sister appears to be the better partner. It is totally normal if the new big sister shows jealousy towards the baby and throws tantrums when she feels like she is not getting the attention she deserves. Jung Chang divides the book into five parts spanning the years 1866 – 2003. It features the rise of Sun Yat-Sen and the overthrow of the Chinese monarchy to May-Ling’s marriage to Chiang Kai-Shek.

The three sisters’s father, Soong Charlie, grew up poor but gained the advantage of a missionary education. Trained as a missionary himself in the United States, he found ways for all six of his children to gain American college degrees. They all became fluent English speakers.As a person who loves China and is fascinated by Chinese history, I was captivated by this book. I had already learned a great deal from Jung Chang's book Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. I appreciate how Jung Chang has brought to light the lives of important Chinese women. There was a strong bond between the sisters, who were alone together getting an education at Wellesley College. But eventually they were divided by politics because Ching-ling sided with the Communists and the other two were involved with the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang).