Kent Wong

Kent Wong was born in China. In 1974 he escaped the Cultural Revolution over water to Hong Kong, and shortly after moved to the United States as a refugee. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Washington, his MD at Harvard Medical School, and after a residency at Stanford, he practiced as an anesthesiologist. He is now retired and lives near Seattle.

Kent Wong's Titles

Swimming to Freedom My Escape from China and the Cultural Revolution

Swimming to Freedom

Swimming to Freedom is a deeply personal, heart-wrenching memoir of Kent Wong's upbringing in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution...