Summary
A Daughter’s Unyielding Spirit: Surviving the Cambodian Genocide
A daughter of Cambodia remembers. Until age five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of an educated, high-ranking government official. When the Khmer Rouge stormed the city in 1975, the young girl and her family fled from village to village. Fighting to hide their identity, the Ungs eventually were forced to separate to survive.
Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780732265915 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0732265916 |
| Author: | Loung Ung |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 24 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Loung Ung
Loung Ung is National Spokesperson for the ‘Campaign for a Landmine Free World’, a program of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. She lectures extensively throughout the United States and appears regularly in the media. First they Killed My Father is her first book and it has been set as a VCE text on the Victorian syllabus.
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