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001 2007047822
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008 071120s2008 ncub b 001 0aeng
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020 $a9780786436729 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786436727 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn173241116
035 $a(OCoLC)173241116
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050 00 $aDS554.83.P4$bA3 2008
082 00 $a959.604/2$aB$222
100 1 $aPa, Chileng,$d1950-2005.
245 10 $aEscaping the Khmer Rouge :$ba Cambodian memoir /$cChileng Pa ; with Carol Mortland.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2008.
300 $aix, 230 p. :$bmap ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Chileng Pa vividly recalls life under the Cambodian Communists. In April of 1977, Chileng was forced to watch as Communist guerillas brutally murdered his wife and two-year-old son. With nothing left for him in Prayap Chileng fled to Vietnam. In 1980, Chileng and his new family found their way to America"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.
505 0 $aMy good life -- Love at first sight -- Becoming an adult in a country at war -- Serendipity and separation -- Hope and heartbreak -- "Liberation" -- Bamboo grave -- A poem for grandmother -- Witness to death -- The worst night of all -- A fearful escape to Vietnam -- A new life in Cambodia, Thailand, and America -- An interruption to this story.
600 10 $aPa, Chileng,$d1950-2005.
650 0 $aPolitical refugees$zCambodia$vBiography.
650 0 $aPolitical refugees$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPolitical atrocities$zCambodia.
651 0 $aCambodia$xPolitics and government$y1975-1979.
700 1 $aMortland, Carol A.$q(Carol Anne),$d1945-