The author describes the unalleviated horrors of daily life in Cambodia after Khmer Rouge radicals seized the capital of Phnom Penh and shares her experiences as the twelve-year-old daughter of a high Cambodian official
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About the Author:
Molyda Szymusiak (Buth Keo) was born in Phnom Penh on October 19, 1962. After the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover, she and her family were driven from the capital into the Cambodian countryside. Molyda and the three surviving members of her family reached the Kao I Dang refugee camp on the Thai border in 1980. In 1981 they went to Paris, where Molyda and two of her cousins were adopted by Polish exiles Jan Szymusiak, an academic historian, and his wife, Carmen, a psychiatrist.
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Text: English, French (translation)
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- PublisherHill & Wang
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0809088444
- ISBN 13 9780809088447
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages245
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