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Loung Ung

Born

in Phnom Penh, Khmer Republic

November 19, 1970

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Genre

Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Loung Ung is a Cambodian-American human-rights activist, lecturer and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997 to 2003. She has served in the same capacity for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is affiliated with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.
Born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Ung was the sixth of seven children and the third of four girls to Seng Im Ung and Ay Choung Ung. At the age of 10, she escaped from Cambodia as a survivor of what became known as "the Killing Fields" during the reign of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime. After being resettled as a refugee to United States, she eventually wrote two books which related to her life experiences from 1975 through 2003. ...more

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Average rating: 4.35 · 61,101 ratings · 5,300 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 4.36 avg rating — 56,814 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind 4.21 avg rating — 3,723 ratings — published 2005 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness – A Powerful Memoir of Activism and Redemption 4.21 avg rating — 755 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction: Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School by Diane Ravitch, Rachel L. Swarns, Richard Wright 3.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Today's Best Nonfiction, Vol. 57, 2000 #4: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis / Knockdown / As Nature Made Him / First They Killed My Father by Reader's Digest Association (Editor), Donald Spoto, Martin Dugard (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. ”
― Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

tags: nonfiction, sad

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“In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.”
― Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

tags: life, love

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“I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. ”
― Loung Ung

tags: nonfiction, sad

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What should our February Read Around the World book be? (countries we narrowly missed out on visiting last year)

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

6 votes, 30.0%

Italy: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

5 votes, 25.0%

Bolivia: Our Dead World by Liliana Colanzi

4 votes, 20.0%

Sierra Leone: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

3 votes, 15.0%

Haiti: Moonbath by Yanick Lahens

2 votes, 10.0%

20 total votes

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