Read Series: Daughter Of Cambodia

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Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind (2006)

Lucky Child by Loung Ung was an amazing sequel to First They Killed My Father. I choose to read this book because I was interested in what happened to Loung Ung once she was able to come to America. I wanted to see how she saw a different place compared to home after her own home was destroyed du...

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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (2006)

I feel bad I didn't love this book--maybe I've been jaded by too many tales of misery and atrocity. Or maybe it's just reading this so soon after Egger's What is the What about Sudan or for that matter after Vaddey's The Shadow of the Banyan, also about this period, this book has a lot to live up...