During World War II, an escape through the land of Korea leads to two lives changed.
Sun-a is a Korean 'Comfort Woman'; Mick Bowler an English soldier, boy become veteran in the jungles of Burma. When their flight from Japanese imprisonment brings them together they begin a desperate escape across the mountains of Korea. Pursuing them, a relentless Military Surgeon, clinging to a Japanese past, set to crumble around him.
Mothers Swam is a story reaching across continents, from The Empire of the Sun, to the Busan Perimeter. It tells of a tragic, yet hopeful journey, of a beautiful land torn apart, and of a love battling to survive and rise through an era.
The new edition of Mothers Swam is a novel of action, adventure, romance and history, which deals with a very difficult time and tells a story of hope winning through. If you love historical fiction and stories that inspire, then Mothers Swam is a read not to be missed.