Book reading challenge books from Cambodia

Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Cambodia. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung EN

Rating: 3.5 32 Votes

Country: Asia /

Cambodia

Description:

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed. Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet mir... continue

Genre nonfiction Memoir

Tags: Female author

Recommended: 25 Apr 2021