![]() Her father’s job and wealth put a target on their backs and within hours they fled the capital and left their life behind to hide in the country. They were coming to enforce communism that demanded everyone live simple peasant lives. It was the Khmer Rouge, a communist rebel army who was at war with the incumbent democracy and they had won. They had a modern apartment in the city’s capital of Phnom Penh and even attended school, though most of the city’s inhabitants were not so fortunate.īut one day in 1975, from her balcony she saw a swarm of soldiers enter the city and everything changed. Up until that point, she had enjoyed a comfortable middle-class life, as her father was a high ranking military official. When Ung was five-years-old, her life as she knew it changed forever. ![]() If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Life was good for Loung Ung and her family until the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian civil war. Let’s get right into these lessons so we can understand the awfulness that some people have to go through. Although her childhood was ravaged by war, Loung Ung got a second chance at life because of her mother’s bravery and her brother’s generosity. ![]() The reign of the Khmer Rouge dismantled and devastated the Ung family and Cambodian society.Loung Ung was a privileged child living in Cambodia until the Khmer Rouge showed up.Here’s the book summarized in just 3 lessons: But the underlying message Ung beautifully shares is that no matter what happens, family bonds can never be broken. You will find inspiration from the resilience of these Cambodians in the face of insurmountable trials. But her description of the war crimes and desperation she saw in her young years will make you feel like you are witnessing history with her. She was only five when Pol Pot and his regime took over the country. However, we may never know the true extent of their crimes.īut through the first-hand account of Loung Ung in her book First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, we get an intimate glimpse of what it was like. In just four years, this regime perpetrated the genocide of up two two million Cambodians in its horrific reign. ![]() Only a little more than forty years ago, the brutal Khmer Rouge overtook the country of Cambodia. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*: ![]()
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