{"product_id":"swimming-back-to-trout-river-a-novel-9781982181161","title":"Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Linda Rui Feng\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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, which Garth Greenwell calls “one of the most beautiful debuts I’ve read in years.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow many times in life can we start over without losing ourselves?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat Junie doesn’t know is 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. In order for Momo to fulfill his promise, he must make one last desperate attempt to reunite all three members of the family before Junie’s birthday—even if it means bringing painful family secrets to light.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A beautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigration, and most of all, love,” (Jean Kwok, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eSwimming Back to Trout River \u003c\/i\u003eweaves 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45847853432983,"sku":"9781982181161","price":1454.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781982181161.webp?v=1769297208","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/swimming-back-to-trout-river-a-novel-9781982181161","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}