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Also by Loung Ung:

First They Killed My Father, April 2006
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Lucky Child, April 2006
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FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER
By: Loung Ung

A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers

Harper Perennial
April 2006
On Sale: April 1, 2006
288 pages
ISBN: 0060856262
EAN: 9780060856267
Paperback
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Non-Fiction Memoir

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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