Swimming Back to Trout River : A Novel

Rating: 4.5 5 Votes

Tags: Set in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Set in CHINA Female author

Description:

"A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution that follows a father's quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter's momentous birthday ... In the summer of 1986 in a small Chinese village, ten-year-old Junie receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promises to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday. But Junie's growing determination to stay put in the idyllic countryside with her beloved grandparents threatens to derail her family's shared future"--

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Challenge: Read Around Asia Challenge

Country:

China

Language: EN

Genre: fiction Historical fiction Historical

Recommended: 28 Sep 2022

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