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First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Author: Loung Ung
Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city markets, fried crickets, chicken fights, and sassing her parents. When Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Ung's family was forced to flee their home a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060931384
ISBN-10: 0060931388
Publication Date: 1/1/2001
Pages: 272
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4.4 stars, based on 26 ratings
Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Insightful book of a child's survival of the Pol Pot Regime.
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Sad, horrifying, amazing tale of survival in Cambodia during the reign of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
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incredibly engaging, very well written. couldn't put it down, despite the grim subject matter.
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A sad, yet eloquent and moving, memoir.


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