First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Loung Ung

Jun 2011 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

About this audiobook

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed. Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.

Ratings and reviews

It was great to listen to. The author does a great job of depicting her experiences and showing the world what her and her nation went through during that horrible time in history.

WE IN USA, AND THE WEST, EDUCATED, AND "ENABLED" AND ALLOWED THIS FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER, TO EXIST, AND SURVIVE - WITH NO "WAR TRIALS" OF POL POT REGIME! TOOK COMMUNIST VIETNAM TO DEFEAT HIM!😖😢🤧

About the author

Loung Ung is a national spokersperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World and the author of Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind.

Audie Award finalist Tavia Gilbert is a classical theater and public radio-trained actress who has earned AudioFile Earphones and Parents' Choice awards for her audiobook narrations. Tavia has narrated more than 250 multicast and single-voice audiobooks.