First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Author : Loung Ung
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Publishing Place : United State
Publishing Date : 2006
Format : Paperback
Pages : 288
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0060856262
ISBN-13 : 978-0060856267
Series : P.S.
Product Dimensions : 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight : 8 ounces
Sold by : Amazon.com

ABSTRACT : 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.