num_pages: 336
description: In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no longer exists. Death becomes a companion in the camps, along with illness. Yet through the terror, the members of Chanrithy's family remain loyal to one another, and she and her siblings who survive will find redeemed lives in America.A Finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize.
language: English
title: When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
titlecomplete: When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
genres: Asia, Historical, Biography, War, Nonfiction, Autobiography, History, Memoir, Survival, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 4612
places: Cambodia
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Nonfiction
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company