First They Killed My
Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 non-fiction
book written by Loung Ung. a Cambodian author and survivor of the Pol Pot regime. It is a personal account of
her experiences during the Khmer Rouge Years.
From
a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable
narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a
small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. Until the age of five,
Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking
government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city
markets, fried crickets, chicken fights, and sassing her parents. While her
beautiful mother worried that Loung was a troublemaker—that she stomped around
like a thirsty cow—her beloved father knew Loung was a clever girl.
When
Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Ung's family
fled their home and moved from village to village to hide their identity, their
education, their former life of privilege. Eventually, the family dispersed in
order to survive. Because Loung was resilient and determined, she was trained
as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, while other siblings were sent
to labor camps. As the Vietnamese penetrated Cambodia, destroying the Khmer
Rouge, surviving siblings were slowly reunited. Bolstered by the shocking
bravery of one brother, the vision of the others—and sustained by her sister's
gentle kindness amid brutality—Loung forged on to create for herself a
courageous new life. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Killed_My_Father
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