num_pages: 8
description: A harrowing account of life in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and particularly the evacuations of Phnom Penh, written by an engineer for the Ministry of Public Works.On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge guerrillas filed into Phnom Penh, signaling the start of a reign of terror which would devastate an ancient culture and cause the deaths of over two million Cambodians in just three years. Moving from camp to camp, Pin Yathay and his family became the "New People" -- displaced city dwellers forced to live and work as peasants.Astonishingly, Pin Yathay, a successful, highly educated professional, survived that terrible time. But he and his wife were faced with a decision that no couple should ever have to make: whether to abandon their six-year-old child. In the end, Pin Yathay escaped the "killing fields," but in his heart is etched the memory of the seventeen members of his family who lost their lives.
language: English
title: Stay Alive, My Son: The Gripping True Story of One Man's Courageous Escape from the Terror of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
titlecomplete: Stay Alive, My Son: The Gripping True Story of One Man's Courageous Escape from the Terror of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
genres: Biography, War, Asia, Politics, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Survival, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 1083
publisher: Free Press