This is a true story about one of many family's life and death in Cambodia during The Khmer Rouge Regime. What we did to survive, to escape to a better place and hope for a better life. We've lost many family members during the bloodshed of The Khmer Rouge. The four of us were very fortunate to survive these ordeals. With luck, faith, perseverance and survival instinct, we've escaped Cambodia and made it to America.
After visiting Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, I knew I had to read up on the terrible Khmer Rouge events. Some of the incidents described in the book (human torture, mass starvation, desperate pleas for help) truly made me grateful for some of the "luxuries" that I might otherwise take for granted everyday.
It's stories like these that testify to the strength and resilience of the Cambodian spirit.