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In the shadow of the Khmer Rouge : a child survivor's memoir / Lim Muy Lang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lang, Lim Muy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lang, Lim Muy.
- Genocide survivors--Cambodia--Biography.
- Genocide survivors.
- Cambodia--History--1975-1979.
- Cambodia.
- Political atrocities--Cambodia--History--20th century.
- Political atrocities.
- Children--Cambodia--Social conditions--History--20th century.
- Children.
- Political refugees--Australia.
- Political refugees.
- Political refugees--Cambodia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : NUS Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Cover page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Author's Note
- Prologue
- 1. Early Memories of Phnom Penh
- 2. Our Household
- 3. Those Darling Days I Left Behind
- 4. Our Home and Garden
- 5. My Father, Lim Seng Chea
- 6. My Mother, Ong So Leung
- 7. Grandmother Tan (A-ma)
- 8. Grandfather Lim (A-gong)
- 9. Sa Hea and Yi Jea
- 10. LuLu and Other Pets
- 11. Food: A Tribute
- 12. The Year Our Lives Changed Forever
- 13. Journey to Prek Touch, A-ma's Ancestral Village
- 14. Arriving at Prek Touch
- 15. The Long Journey to Battambang
- 16. Waiting for a Train
- 17. The Forgotten People
- 18. Fields and Crickets
- 19. Was It Suicide?
- 20. Dua Jea Injures Herself
- 21. Northwest Settlement
- Goodbye Yi Hea
- 22. The Year Zero
- 23. Forced Segregated Labour Camps
- 24. Appointments with Death
- 25. They Hurt My Mother
- 26. I'll Be With You Soon, Papa
- 27. The Night of the Thunderstorm
- 28. Yi Jea Visits for the Last Time
- 29. Mother's Diamond Ring
- 30. Sa Hea Survives Torture
- 31. Mushrooms
- 32. See You Soon, Mother
- 33. I'll See You Again, Sa Hea
- 34. Ambush!
- Part Three: The Long Journey to Freedom
- 35. Exodus
- 36. Poipet, Finding "Aboe"
- 37. Smuggled to Thailand (Smuggler Group 1
- Camp A)
- 38. Surviving the Dângrêk Mountains
- 39. Return to Phnom Penh
- 40. Smuggled to Khao-I-Dang (Smuggler Group 2
- Camp B)
- 41. Smugglers' Shootout (Smuggler Group 3
- Camp C)
- 42. Dentists Come to Camp (Camp D)
- 43. The Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok (Camp E)
- 44. The Day Our Names Were Called
- Epilogue
- Last Words
- Why I Wrote This Book
- A Message for My Children
- In Memoriam
- Acknowledgements
- On Food
- Glossary
- Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9789813253063
- 9813253061
- Publisher Number:
- 40033247334
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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