First They Killed My Father: December 1976–May 1978

Loung Ung's privileged life as the daughter of a government official is shattered when the Khmer Rouge army invades the Cambodian capital in 1975. In this memoir, Loung recounts her training as a child solider and her family's suffering during the Cambodian genocide.

Here are links to our lists for the book: April 1975, July 1975–August 1976, December 1976–May 1978, November 1978–February 1979, March 1979–Epilogue

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