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Freedom Swimmer

Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's 'Great Leap Forward', and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields...When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals. They're not used to hard labour and village life. But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond over evening swims and shared dreams...But as the bitterness of life under the Party begins to take its toll on both boys, they begin to imagine the impossible: freedom.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 252
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781760113414
  • Settings
  • China
  • Genres
  • historical, china, asia, contemporary, romance
  • Release date
  • 2016