Title: Bending with the wind : memoir of a Cambodian couple's escape to America /
Authors: Sao, Bounchoeurn.; Sao, Diyana D.; Bird, Karline F.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sao, Bounchoeurn.; Sao, Diyana D.; Cambodia.; Political refugees Cambodia Biography; Political refugees United States Biography; Political atrocities Cambodia; Cambodian Americans Biography.; Cambodia Politics and government
Abstract: "This riveting memoir chronicles the couple's childhoods, their lives under the Khmer Rouge, their journeys to Thailand and later the United States, and their efforts to forge a new life. This remarkable tale offers an intimate look inside the terrors of the Khmer Rouge and an inspiring portrait of the immigrant experience in America"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Names and Relationship Terms; Preface by Karline Bird; Part I: Sao Bounchoeurn; 1. Give Back Only Bone and Eyes; 2. Speak for Yourself; 3. I Fell in Love with a Tribal Girl; 4. Encounters with a Wild Boar and a Tiger; 5. If You're Not Afraid, We're Not Afraid; 6. Now We Will Have Peace; 7. He's Just a Soldier; 8. If I Talk to You, You Will Die; 9. You Cannot Say No to Angka; 10. You Must Be Like the Kapok Tree; 11. Find the North Star and Follow It; 12. I Can't Find My Wife and Children; Part II: San Bounriem; 13. The San Family of Thirteen.