The book I am reading now is called First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. It is about Loung ung, a girl who was five years old when the Khmer Rouge occupied Cambodia. The book talks about her experience and how hungry she was. It also mentioned how her and her seven siblings were separated from each other.
It was suggested to me by one of my friends, Dylan, who loves history. It sounded kind of interesting so I decided to read it. I would suggest it for someone who wanted to learn about something new, as it is very informative. It is a very good book but kind of sad. It is 256 pages long with tall pages and small print, and it is kind of slow at first. I wouldn’t suggest reading it if you don’t like it when they describe dead bodies, but I think that the interesting parts make up for the bad parts.
Oh, coincidentally today I was talking to Mr.Keeney about the Cambodian Genocide. If you liked that book you should read these.
After the Killing Fields: Lessons from the Cambodian Genocide, by Craig Etcheson
Alive in the Killing Fields: Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide, by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Children of Cambodia’s Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors, by Dith Pran
Getting Away with Genocide: Cambodia’s Long Struggle Against Khmer Rouge, by Tom Fawthrop and Helen Jarvis
Survival in the Killing Fields, by Haing Ngor
The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79, by Ben Kiernan
Thanks for the suggestion, Ashwin.