Description
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.
Author: Loung Ung
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780756984823
ISBN10: 0756984823
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
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