Sherry G. (Shervivor) - , reviewed on 10/6/2010 + 97 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

This book is heart wrenching. It was an extremely depressing book to read. This is the true story of a child that survived the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. I am amazed at how resilient the people of Cambodia are, especially after reading Luong's story. It seems that many survivors never even mention those four years in the late 70's when the world went crazy allowing a psychotic man to kill millions of people. I am just a couple of years older than Luong and during the time she was struggling for her life I was here safe in the US, a child with everything I could possibly want. The children of Cambodia were watching their families be murdered, were starving, were being trained as soldiers. I recommend this book because the more aware we are of genocide the more likely we are to step in when the next Pol Pot tries to create an "ideal" society.

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