First they killed my father : A daughter of Cambodia remembers/ by Loung Ung

By:

Ung, Loung

Contributor(s):

Lindgred, Laura [designer]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Happer Perennial ; 2000. Description: 238 pages : illustrations , maps ; 21 cmISBN:

9780060856267

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

959.6042

LOC classification:

DS554.8

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus TTP Secondary Non-Fiction Bookshelves	Non-Fiction	UNG 959.6042 DS554.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus to Footprints International School Library Network Toul Tom Poung Campus since 02/11/2026	FISSE03175

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.

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