Luxagraf's review of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)
by Loung Ung
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Luxagraf's review  
rating: 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars
bookshelves: death, war
recommended for: everyone
status: Read in March, 2006

A childhood survivor of Cambodia's Pol Pot regime, Loung Ung's memoir is rough and brutal but in the end hopeful about the world. As her site says, the book is about "the unnerving strength of a child." Read it while I was in Cambodia, which made the impact a bit more real.
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