false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165429858m/4373.jpg 4373 13 Written in the present tense, <I>First They Killed My Father</I> will put you right in the midst of the action--action you'll wish had never happened. It's a tough read, but definitely a worthwhile one, and the author's personality and strength shine through on every page. Covering the years from 1975 to 1979, the story moves from the deaths of multiple family members to the forced separation of the survivors, leading ultimately to the reuniting of much of the family, followed by marriages and immigrations. The brutality seems unending--beatings, starvation, attempted rape, mental cruelty--and yet the narrator (a young girl) never stops fighting for escape and survival. Sad and courageous, her life and the lives of her young siblings provide quite a powerful example of how war can so deeply affect children--especially a war in which they are trained to be an integral part of the armed forces. For anyone interested in Cambodia's recent history, this book shares a valuable personal view of events. <I>--Jill Lightner</I> 909578 2000 First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) total:1562|5:625|4:661|3:239|2:35|1:2| 1562 6558 2244 329 5 4 false false Wed Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 27 06:28:03 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 04:47:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 13:20:08 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 13:32:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Oct 21 13:10:06 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 17:03:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 23:37:49 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 00:26:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sat Nov 24 12:21:19 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 12:21:19 -0800 2007 5 1 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 22 01:14:10 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 15:17:05 -0700 2009 On Monday I finished reading First They Killed My Father which is the autobiographical story of a young girl's experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.  I've read a lot of books like this and I usually find them uplifting but this book just made me sad.  In Rwanda, you see people's inc...

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This book is a chilling, deeply tou...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 02:49:25 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 08:27:18 -0700 2008 Great book. This is the first book I've read by Loung Ung and so far I'm not a big fan of her writing style (it seems predictable and borrowed). But.. the book is excellent, mostly because it is a five-year-old's perspective on living and dying during Pol Pot's cleansing project in Cambo...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 25 09:32:18 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 23:01:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Mar 24 08:34:32 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 27 19:29:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 20 14:19:41 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 14:25:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 21 20:42:06 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 20:42:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:32:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:10:56 -0700 2009
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