First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Ung, Loung

• ISBN13: 9780613338967
• ISBN10: 0613338960
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Turtleback Books

Summary

Chronicles the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, from the author's forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in 1975 to her family's subsequent movements from town to town and eventual separation.

Author Biography

Loung Ung is National Spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World, a program of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. ix
Phnom Penh April 1975	p. 1
The Ung Family April 1975	p. 7
Takeover April 17, 1975	p. 17
Evacuation April 1975	p. 23
Seven-Day Walk April 1975	p. 28
Krang Truop April 1975	p. 38
Waiting Station July 1975	p. 44
Anlungthmor July 1975	p. 50
Ro Leap November 1975	p. 56
Labor Camps January 1976	p. 69
New Year's April 1976	p. 79
Keav August 1976	p. 93
Pa December 1976	p. 101
Ma's Little Monkey April 1977	p. 113
Leaving Home May 1977	p. 120
Child Soldiers August 1977	p. 129
Gold for Chicken November 1977	p. 144
The Last Gathering May 1978	p. 151
The Walls Crumble November 1978	p. 158
The Youn Invasion January 1979	p. 165
The First Foster Family January 1979	p. 175
Flying Bullets February 1979	p. 184
Khmer Rouge Attack February 1979	p. 195
The Execution March 1979	p. 203
Back to Bat Deng April 1979	p. 209
From Cambodia to Vietnam October 1979	p. 218
Lam Sing Refugee Camp February 1980	p. 228
Epilogue	p. 235
Acknowledgments	p. 239
Resources	p. 241
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