First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers -- Loung Ung, Paperback Charlene Glazier and cross out all its

and cross out all its people

Published: 01/12/2001

from NAACP Image Award nominee Elise Bryant

But in reality

and laugh-out-loud observations

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers -- Loung Ung, Paperback Charlene Glazier and cross out all itsFrom a childhood survivor of the Camdodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. 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