Lucky Child A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind

Name: Lucky Child A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
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ISBN: 9780060733957

ISBN-10: 0060733950

ISBN-13: 9780060733957

Edition: N/A

Authors: Loung Ung

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After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to overcome dogged memories of violence and the deep scars of war. In alternating chapters, she gives voice to Chou, the beloved older sister whose life in war-torn Cambodia so easily could have been hers. Highlighting the harsh realities of chance and circumstance in times of war as well as in times of…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English