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Political, personal struggles in China

By Don Aucoin

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 20, 2012

I wish Alexandra Wood, who adapted Jung Chang’s memoir, had paused during the sprint through the decades long enough to build more full-bodied character portraits of the Chinese family at the center of “Wild Swans.’’ But the family’s story is inherently so compelling that a cumulative emotional impact does register, especially when one considers that their travails are a microcosm of the suffering of millions.

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