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

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Harrowing.

Cambodia 1975. Louang was 5 years old when the Khmer Rouge took power. Her privileged city life changed overnight, as her family fled to the country, hid their background, endured famine, betrayal, separation. Louang eventually ends up in a camp for child soldiers, where her understandable hate & anger is stoked.

I would recommend this to understand a little of the horrors of ‘regime change‘ and the experience of the Killing Fields 👇

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

rockpools I did, however, struggle with the writing style. This is the story of her life, aged from 5 to 8, and is written in the first person present - but there was so much the readers needed explaining that the voice couldn‘t be that of a young child - it led to a disconnect. The nightmare sequences, where she imagines how her family members may have died also threw me. 4y

rockpools I have so much respect for her telling her story and reliving her experiences. A very uncomfortable and difficult read.

#ASoldiersStory #Booked2019 #NonFiction2019 #FromAnotherCountry 4y

JennyM This sounds absolutely harrowing 💔 4y

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rockpools @JennyM Yes! 😔 4y

TrishB Great review Rachel. Sounds like a tough read. 4y

rockpools @TrishB Thanks - yes, I struggled with it. 4y

alisiakae Excellent review. I read this around the time it was first published and it left a deep impression. 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great pick and sounds thought provoking and intense. ♥️📚👊🏻 4y

Cinfhen This one sounds really painful 😣 I‘m not in a good head space for this memoir now. Beautiful review 💜 4y

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