Before the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in April 1975, Sao Bounchoeurn and San Bounriem grew up in idyllic, though vastly different, circumstances. After a secondary education, Bounchoeurn entered the army, joined the Special Forces, and worked for the Americans. He became a slave laborer after the fall of Phnom Penh and eventually escaped to Thailand. In another part of Cambodia, Bounriem lived happily spoiled and uneducated. Fleeing from the advancing Khmer Rouge, she arrived at the same refugee camp as Bounchoeurn, where they met, married, and immigrated to America. This riveting memoir…mehr
Before the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in April 1975, Sao Bounchoeurn and San Bounriem grew up in idyllic, though vastly different, circumstances. After a secondary education, Bounchoeurn entered the army, joined the Special Forces, and worked for the Americans. He became a slave laborer after the fall of Phnom Penh and eventually escaped to Thailand. In another part of Cambodia, Bounriem lived happily spoiled and uneducated. Fleeing from the advancing Khmer Rouge, she arrived at the same refugee camp as Bounchoeurn, where they met, married, and immigrated to America. This riveting memoir chronicles the couple's childhoods, their lives under the Khmer Rouge, their journeys to Thailand and later the United States, and their efforts to forge a new life. This remarkable tale offers an intimate look inside the terrors of the Khmer Rouge and an inspiring portrait of the immigrant experience in America.
Bounchoeurn Sao has spent the last 28 years as an educator and interpreter for Cambodian and Lao refugees in Olympia, Washington. He also works for the family janitorial business.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Glossary Names and Relationship Terms xiii Preface by Karline Bird PART I-SAO BOUNCHOEURN: HE WAS JUST A SOLDIER 1. Give Back Only Bone and Eyes 2. Speak for Yourself 3. I Fell in Love with a Tribal Girl 4. Encounters with a Wild Boar and a Tiger 5. If You're Not Afraid, We're Not Afraid 6. Now We Will Have Peace 7. He's Just a Soldier 8. If I Talk to You, You Will Die 9. You Cannot Say No to Angka 10. You Must Be Like the Kapok Tree 11. Find the North Star and Follow It 12. I Can't Find My Wife and Children PART II-SAN BOUNRIEM: VILLAGE GIRL 13. The San Family of Thirteen 14. A Spiritual Child 15. Lightning Strikes 16. The Khmer Rouge Are Coming! 17. We Arrive at Lum Pok Refugee Camp PART III-SAO BOUNCHOEURN AND SAN BOUNRIEM 18. Bounriem: How Can I Marry Her Tonight? 19. Bounriem: What Will You Do If She Walks in the Camp Tomorrow? 20. Bounchoeurn: You Have to Do It; We Need You 21. Bounriem: Everything Will Be Fine 22. Bounchoeurn: Going to America 23. Bounchoeurn: We Didn't Understand 24. Bounriem: Reunited with Family 25. Bounchoeurn: Everyone Died Except Me 26. Bounriem: Killed for Wanting to Join His Children 27. Bounchoeurn: He Was Murdered Because I Was a Soldier Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Glossary Names and Relationship Terms xiii Preface by Karline Bird PART I-SAO BOUNCHOEURN: HE WAS JUST A SOLDIER 1. Give Back Only Bone and Eyes 2. Speak for Yourself 3. I Fell in Love with a Tribal Girl 4. Encounters with a Wild Boar and a Tiger 5. If You're Not Afraid, We're Not Afraid 6. Now We Will Have Peace 7. He's Just a Soldier 8. If I Talk to You, You Will Die 9. You Cannot Say No to Angka 10. You Must Be Like the Kapok Tree 11. Find the North Star and Follow It 12. I Can't Find My Wife and Children PART II-SAN BOUNRIEM: VILLAGE GIRL 13. The San Family of Thirteen 14. A Spiritual Child 15. Lightning Strikes 16. The Khmer Rouge Are Coming! 17. We Arrive at Lum Pok Refugee Camp PART III-SAO BOUNCHOEURN AND SAN BOUNRIEM 18. Bounriem: How Can I Marry Her Tonight? 19. Bounriem: What Will You Do If She Walks in the Camp Tomorrow? 20. Bounchoeurn: You Have to Do It; We Need You 21. Bounriem: Everything Will Be Fine 22. Bounchoeurn: Going to America 23. Bounchoeurn: We Didn't Understand 24. Bounriem: Reunited with Family 25. Bounchoeurn: Everyone Died Except Me 26. Bounriem: Killed for Wanting to Join His Children 27. Bounchoeurn: He Was Murdered Because I Was a Soldier Bibliography Index
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