Swimming to Freedom: An Untold Story of Escaping China and the Cultural Revolution by Kent Wong

Swimming to Freedom: An Untold Story of Escaping China and the Cultural Revolution

Kent Wong

304 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history memoir emotional informative medium-paced

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A deeply personal, heart-wrenching memoir of the author's upbringing in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution and his tenacious flight to freedom against all odds When Kent Wong was a young boy, his father, a patriotic Chinese official i...

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Moods

emotional 80%
hopeful 70%
reflective 70%
challenging 60%
informative 50%
inspiring 40%
sad 30%
tense 30%
adventurous 20%
dark 10%

Pace

medium 44%
slow 33%
fast 22%

Average rating

4.65

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