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Aug 3, 2017 · For the next five years, Ung was separated from her parents (they were killed by the Khmer Rouge) and siblings, tortured, held in captivity, and forced to train as a child soldier, before...
As a survivor of the Cambodian genocide, Ung has faced her share of pain and loss, the story she laid bare in the memoirs First They Killed My Father and Lucky Child: the deaths of her parents and two siblings, transitioning to life as a refugee in America, and her hard-fought path to quell the demons of her past.
Lucky Child tells the story of Loung Ung and her sister Chou Ung. Each chapter alternates between their stories. Loung lives in Vermont as a refugee with her older brother Meng and her sister-in-law Eang.
- Loung Ung
- 2005
Before the genocide she lives a comfortable, middle-class life in Phnom Penh with Ma, Pa, and her six siblings. The most rambunctious of her brothers and sisters, Loung describes herself as an intensely curious, at times unruly child.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 non-fiction book written by Loung Ung, a Cambodian-American author and childhood survivor of Democratic Kampuchea. It is her personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime.
- Loung Ung
- 2000
Sep 13, 2017 · Ung survived the Khmer Rouge along with four of her siblings, whom she reunited with in a refugee camp. Two of them made it to the U.S., and the others stayed in Cambodia.
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The film is based on Ung's eponymous memoir. Set in 1975, the film depicts 5-year-old Loung, who is forced to train as a child soldier while her siblings are sent to labor camps during the Khmer Rouge regime.
