Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge

from TheGenreMinx

Astonishing, captivating and humbling! I force myself to read at least one inspiring non-fiction book per month and I say force because I do not find it easy to read about suffering that was/is just as real to others as my life of safety and security is to me. I can never allow myself to marginal...

from bemislibrary

From April 1975 through September 1979, the author family suffered hardship and fight for survival in war torn Cambodia. There were many victims of the brutal Khmer Rouge genocide. This is a story of one family, and a mother in particular who when to desperate lengths to save and protect her fami...

from jetangen4571

Evil did not triumph over this family, and the daughter credits her mother for the fact that this nuclear family was not included in the 3 million people who died during the reign of terror in Cambodia/Kampuchea. It's a hard book to read because it's true. If you read Love Songs From A Shallow Gr...

from JanaRose1

Meiyeng led her family of eight through genocide, starvation, disease and unthinkable atrocities in Cambodia. Despite the fact that one/third of the country's population died during this time, Meiyeng kept her family together and alive. Told from her daughter's point of view, this was a heart wre...

from TheGenreMinx

Astonishing, captivating and humbling! I force myself to read at least one inspiring non-fiction book per month and I say force because I do not find it easy to read about suffering that was/is just as real to others as my life of safety and security is to me. I can never allow myself to marginal...