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| Publisher | Heather Allen |
| ISBN 13 | 9781643399553 |
| Book Subtitle | A Memoir Of A Khmer Rouge Survivor |
| Book Description | Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1975. After a sudden and violent takeover by the Khmer Rouge army, there is a mass exodus of the city. A young pharmacy student is held captive at a work camp, along with countless others, in a world turned upside down. Overnight, the brutal Khmer Rouge army have new rules for all citizens: medicine, education, money and family ties are now illegal. The girl finds the strength to survive day by day with the support of her sister and brother. Far away, in another camp, a mother longs to find her three missing children. A prison escape, a storm on a lake and a providential meeting are all twists of fate along the path to find her surviving family. But with no money and no one to help, what will become of them? Nearly 40 years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, The Girl Who Said Goodbye is a true story of a brave young girl, her strong mother, and the selfless love of her brothers and sisters. |
| Editorial Review | Kirkus Reviews "An account of murder, starvation, bravery, and faith under Cambodia's dreaded Khmer Rouge regime." "In 1974, Siv Eng, a Cambodian teenager from the rural town of Battambang, was full of hope for a promising future when she joined her younger sister, Sourn Leng, in a Phnom Penh apartment. There, they planned to live as they pursued pharmacy studies at the University of Health Science. They joined their older brother, Pho--a freshly minted electrical engineer--and his young wife, Sok Yann, as well as their aunt Chhiv Hong and other family members. But their lives were about to turn nightmarish, as the Khmer Rouge were about to take over the country. In this debut biography, Allen relates, in Siv Eng's voice, the gripping story of her aunt's struggle to survive seemingly unrelenting terror. In the 1970s, Allen notes, the Khmer Rouge enslaved the entire country's population, eliminated education, money, the judicial system, private property, as well as any type of happiness, including singing, that the regime considered a sign of capitalist decadence. Throughout this book, the author employs a matter-of-fact, almost flat prose style that contrasts well with the horror of the narrative that she relates in her aunt's voice. Along the way, Allen effectively reveals the privation and misery created by the Cambodian communists as Siv Eng survived in her country's wasteland; she found hope in only two things--her love of her family members and her quiet, lasting sense of prayer: "We were so hungry," Siv Eng narrates, "The suffering was unbearable. Instead of using the rice to feed the hungry mouths, the Angkar [Khmer Rouge] was feeding bullets to guns." The story's chronology isn't straightforward, but flashbacks offer a contrast between Siv Eng's earlier days and her later ordeal." "A harrowing tale of survival and escape." - Kirkus Reviews |
| Language | English |
| Author | Heather Allen |
| Publication Date | 29-Jan-19 |
| Number of Pages | 358 |
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