xiii, 213 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm
regular print
Contents
Leaving year zero / Soour Hai Gov -- Field of fire / Seak Choung and Seak Ay -- A village in the West / Sophy Coade -- A new person / Tek Heang Ya -- Out of earth / Chong-Hean Ang
Summary
Compelling, powerful accounts which vividly involve the reader in the experiences of six Khmer individuals reacting to the dramatic upheavals of a society gone terribly wrong. They explore the remarkable resilience and strength of character shown by each, as they attempt to reconstruct their post-trauma lives in Australia
Analysis
Refugees
Cambodia
Autobiography
Anecdotes
Khmer Rouge
State sponsored violence
History, 1946-1999
20th Century history (c 1914+) (Australia,Cambodia)