Ung, Loung

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First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers
2017
Relates the personal experiences of Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, and describes her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans and how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited.
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Lucky child

a daughter of Cambodia reunites with the sister she left behind
2006
Loung Ung recounts her struggles to adapt to life in America after arriving in 1980 as a ten-year-old Cambodian refugee.

Lulu in the sky

a daughter of Cambodia finds love, healing, and double happiness
2012

First They Kill My Father

When the Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Phen in April 1975 Ungs' family was forced to flee their home and dispersed in order to survive. Loung went to a work camp for orphans and her siblings went to a labor camp.

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers
2000
Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited.

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers
2001
Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited.

Lucky child

a daughter of Cambodia in America reclaims the sister she left behind
2005
Loung Ung recounts her struggles to adapt to life in America after arriving in 1980 as a ten-year-old Cambodian refugee.

First they killed my father

a daughter of Cambodia remembers
2006
Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited.
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