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In this mesmerizing story, finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, 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... read more

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First Sentence

The head of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, charged today that "Vietnamese Communists were increasingly infiltrating into Cambodia."

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  1. Chanrithy Him (Author)

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  1. autobiography
  2. biography
  3. cambodia
  4. culture
  5. memoir
  6. mhe
  7. read pre 2005
  8. sep10
  9. war 
 

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