First They Killed My Father, Loung Ung
First They Killed My Father, Loung Ung
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First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Author: Loung Ung

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/30/2011


Synopsis

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.

About Loung Ung

Loung Ung is a national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World, a program of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, and the author of Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind. Loung lives with her husband in Ohio.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Charles on 2015-03-16 21:55:48

THIS WAS A EYE OPENING VIEW FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT. IT TELLS HOW BAD SOME PEOPLE ARE. AND HOW GOOD THE USA IS.

Goodreads review by Apple

There are some things left unlearned from history books. You can read about the Cambodian genocide from many other sources that will explain the facts and statistics in the traditional sterile style that historic texts usually take. You can actually witness the places and things that history has lef......more

Goodreads review by Horace

FOR ALL THOSE WHOM GOT TORTURED, INSULTED, PERSECUTED, RAPED AND SLAUGHTERED BY COMMUNISM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTMARISH YEARS IN LIVING HELL ON EARTH You know nothing about Cambodia if you don't read this book [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa

A riveting but harrowing account of a young Cambodian girl who's innocent idyllic childhood is swiftly obliterated by the invasion of the Khmer Rouge. Loung at 5 years old and one of seven children shares her traumatic story of the 4 years spent under the terrifying Khmer Rouge reign trying to surviv......more