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Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng
βAfter all, wasn’t it true that to love someone is to figure out how to tell yourself their story?β With understated lyricism, Feng charts the experiences of a family divided by physical and emotional borders that are nevertheless united in their pursuit of a more ‘promising’ future, for themselves and each other. The narrative intertwines…
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 3.5 STARS, 3rd pov, America, beautiful prose, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, California, China, chinese american author, cultural dissonance, DEATH, disabilities, family, GRIEF, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, Linda Rui Feng, LITERARY FICTION, Longing, MARRIAGE, migration/immigration, music, musicians, My reviews, published in 2021, read in 2021, san francisco, Swimming Back to Trout River, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE