THE BOOK FAIR

In 2000, Loung Ung published her childhood memoir which quickly became a national bestseller.  Loung Ung’s memoir opens to the picture of a happy childhood in Phnom Penh.  However the family’s happy existence abruptly changes with the invasion of the Khmer Rouge.  The author describes the tragedy that befell her family and her fellow Cambodians during the nightmarish rule under Pol Pot’s reign of terror in the 1970’s. Ms. Ung relates their struggle to survive and the decisions they made which dictated their future.  The author covers the invasion of the Vietnamese army who defeat the Khmer Rouge and of her reunification with her siblings.

Loung Ung’s memoir, though she lived through horrific experiences, speaks to endurance, and to the love of family. Loung Ung became a spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World, sponsored by American Viet Nam Veterans.  Loung Ung lives in Ohio, with her husband and is also the author of “Lucky Child:  A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind”.

Recommended.