First they killed my father

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"This book left me gasping for air. In the end the horror of the Cambodian genocide is matched only by the author's indomitable spirit." —Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking
One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot s Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.
Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.
"There can be absolutely no question about the innate power of [Ung's] story, the passion with which she tells It, or its enduring... Tovább

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"This book left me gasping for air. In the end the horror of the Cambodian genocide is matched only by the author's indomitable spirit." —Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking
One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot s Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.
Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.
"There can be absolutely no question about the innate power of [Ung's] story, the passion with which she tells It, or its enduring importance."—IVas/j/ngton Post Book World
"An important book a harrowing book, a book you will read through tears."—Denver Post
LOUNG UNG is a national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World, a program of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. She is the author of Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind, and she lives with her husband in Ohio.
www.loungung.com
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