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Escaping the Khmer Rouge : a Cambodian memoir / Chileng Pa ; with Carol Mortland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pa, Chileng, 1950-2005, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pa, Chileng, 1950-2005.
- Pa, Chileng.
- Political refugees--Cambodia--Biography.
- Political refugees.
- Political refugees--United States--Biography.
- Political atrocities--Cambodia.
- Political atrocities.
- Cambodia--Politics and government--1975-1979.
- Cambodia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2008.
- Summary:
- "Chileng Pa vividly recalls life under the Cambodian Communists. In April of 1977, Chileng was forced to watch as Communist guerillas brutally murdered his wife and two-year-old son. With nothing left for him in Prayap Chileng fled to Vietnam. In 1980, Chileng and his new family found their way to America"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- My good life
- Love at first sight
- Becoming an adult in a country at war
- Serendipity and separation
- Hope and heartbreak
- "Liberation"
- Bamboo grave
- A poem for grandmother
- Witness to death
- The worst night of all
- A fearful escape to Vietnam
- A new life in Cambodia, Thailand, and America
- An interruption to this story.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2828-9
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