To Swim across the World

Korea, 1941. The Japanese occupy the country, and two young Koreans grow up in very different worlds. For Sei-Young Shin, a young man born into a poor family in the rural south, it is a time of oppression. The Japanese have issued strict prohibitions against the Korean language, religion, and food. For Heisook Pang, the daughter of a prosperous family from the north, life is easier. But the onset of World War II changes everything: Heisook's privileges are suddenly stripped away, and she is forced to make a daring escape, across the border into the south, where an encounter with Sei-Young changes their lives forever.Based on the real-life stories of the authors' parents, To Swim Across the World is a wonderful love story and an intimate vision of a country's terrible, recent past.Park, Frances is the author of 'To Swim across the World' with ISBN 9780786867332 and ISBN 0786867337.