Ha Pham Kim Nhung, her husband and six children fled their Saigon home destined for the United States to join Ha's mother. After a harrowing, two-week overland trek through Vietnam and Cambodia, the family finally made their way to the refugee camps in Thailand only to find the conditions in the camp nearly intolerable.
This is the powerful and poignant story of their six months' struggle to escape the Communists in Vietnam. The family traveled through the killing fields of Cambodia only to find themselves in the Para refugee camps in Thailand, with their dehumanizing conditions. But all the while the family maintained their strength and love for one another and ultimately joined Ms. Ha's mother in the United States.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"rarely does a book give such insight into the trauma of flight for refugees...sheds light on the experiences that resettlement countries can only begin to understand"-Journal of Refugee Studies; "a detailed personal account"-Reference & Research Book News.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7750-0 (9780786477500)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kim Ha lives in Garden Grove, California.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Two Forewords to the Vietnamese-Language Edition (Sister Christine Truong My Hanh; Truy Ngoc Tran)
Foreword to the English-Language Edition (Anne Frank)
Preface to the Vietnamese-Language Edition
Preface to the English-Language Edition
1. The First Escape Attempt
2. Preparation for the Second Attempt
3. Out of Vietnam and Through Cambodia
4. The Living Hell of Para Post
5. The Painful Experiences of the Land Refugees
6. Non Chan Refugee Camp, First and Second Locations
7. Non Chan Refugee Camp, Third Location
8. Camp Northwest 9
9. Panatnikhom Holding Center
10. Rangsit Transit Center
11. From Bangkok to Los Angeles
Index
