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Bending with the Wind: Memoir of a Cambodian Couple's Escape to America

Bending with the Wind: Memoir of a Cambodian Couple's Escape to America


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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.

Table of Contents:
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     

About the Author :
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. Diyana D. Sao (born Bounriem) is the owner and manager of a successful janitorial business in Olympia, Washington. Karline F. Bird, a retired educator, has taught English in Chiang Rai, Thailand, and Olympia, Washington, and at the Shanghai American School in Shanghai, China; Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand; and Hangzhou International School in Hangzhou, China.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786463770
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 228
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 367 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0786463775
  • Publisher Date: 05 Apr 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 228
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Memoir of a Cambodian Couple's Escape to America
  • Width: 152 mm


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