When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
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Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way “worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child.”
In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the “killing fields.” She gives us a child’s-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no longer exists. Death becomes a companion in the camps, along with illness. Yet through the terror, the members of Chanrithy’s family remain loyal to one another, and she and her siblings who survive will find redeemed lives in America.
A Finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize.
15 black and whtie illustrations
ASIN : 0393322106
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; unknown edition (April 17, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780393322101
ISBN-13 : 978-0393322101
Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
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