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 81%
hopeful 72%
reflective 63%
challenging 54%
informative 54%
inspiring 45%
adventurous 27%
sad 27%
tense 27%
dark 18%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 30%
fast 20%

Average rating

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