An edition of First They Killed My Father (2000)

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers

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An edition of First They Killed My Father (2000)

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers

  • 4.4 (8 ratings) ·
  • 112 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

From a childhood survivor of the Camdodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.

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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Edition Notes

Film tie-in.

Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 2000.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.6042092
Library of Congress
DS554.8.U54 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 volume

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37790374M
Internet Archive
firsttheykilledm0000ungl_k4g2
ISBN 10
1910948039
ISBN 13
9781910948033
OCLC/WorldCat
1014222723

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