num_pages: 330
description: A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed. 15,000 first printing.
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: Historical, Biography, War, Asia, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Survival, Biography Memoir, History
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 & Co Inc