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Lucky child : a daughter of Cambodia reunites with the sister she left behind Cover Image Book Book

Lucky child : a daughter of Cambodia reunites with the sister she left behind

Ung, Loung (author.).

Summary: After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to overcome dogged memories of violence and the deep scars of war. In alternating chapters, she gives voice to Chou, the beloved older sister whose life in war-torn Cambodia so easily could have been hers. Highlighting the harsh realities of chance and circumstance in times of war as well as in times of peace, <i>Lucky Child</i> is ultimately a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and to the salvaging strength of family bonds.

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  • ISBN: 9780060733957
  • ISBN: 0060733950 (tpbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 268, 16 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.

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General Note:
Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more (p. [1]-16).
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268).

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Subject: Ung, Chou
Ung, Chou -- Family
Cambodian Americans -- Biography
Refugees -- United States -- Biography
Sisters -- United States -- Biography
Sisters -- Cambodia -- Biography
Political atrocities -- Cambodia -- History -- 20th century
Cambodia -- Biography
Genre: Memoirs.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Kitimat Public Library 973 Ung (Text) 32665002091660 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Lillooet Branch 973 UNG (Text) 35180000327873 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
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