{"product_id":"swimming-back-to-trout-river-paperback","title":"Swimming Back to Trout River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Rui Feng\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"beautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigration...and love\" (Jean Kwok, author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGirl in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e) 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, which Garth Greenwell calls \"one of the most beautiful debuts I've read in years.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow many times in life can we start over without losing ourselves?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJunie doesn't know that her parents, Momo and Cassia, are newly estranged from one another in their adopted country, each holding close private tragedies and histories from the tumultuous years of their youth during China's Cultural Revolution. While Momo grapples anew with his deferred musical ambitions and dreams for Junie's future in America, Cassia finally begins to wrestle with a shocking act of brutality from years ago. For Momo to fulfill his promise, he must make one last desperate attempt to reunite all three family members before Junie's birthday--even if it means bringing painful family secrets to light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwimming Back to Trout River\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"symphony of a novel\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e) that weaves together the stories of Junie, Momo, Cassia, and Dawn--a talented violinist from Momo's past--while depicting their heartbreak and resilience, tenderly revealing the hope, compromises, and abiding ingenuity that make up the lives of immigrants. Feng's debut is \"filled with tragedy yet touched with life-affirming passion\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), and \"Feng weaves a plot both surprising and inevitable, with not a word to spare\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Shanghai, Linda Rui Feng has lived in San Francisco, New York, and Toronto. She is a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Universities and is currently a professor of Chinese cultural history at the University of Toronto. She has been twice awarded a MacDowell Fellowship for her fiction, and her prose and poetry have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSanta Monica Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWashington Square Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSwimming Back to Trout River\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Visit LindaRuiFeng.com\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto learn more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759459533088,"sku":"9781982129415","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/57ab7642bad8575e457266ff25ffc218.webp?v=1780153366","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/swimming-back-to-trout-river-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}