Lucky Child
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4.3
Loung Ung
After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to overcome dogged memories of violence and the deep scars of war. In alternating chapters, she gives voice to Chou, the beloved older sister whose life in war-torn Cambodia so easily could have been hers. Highlighting the harsh realities of chance and circumstance in times of war as well as in times of peace, Lucky Child is ultimately a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and to the salvaging strength of family bonds.
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Author
Loung Ung
Pages
316
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2010-06-30
ISBN
0062013513 9780062013514
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Loung Ung pulled me right back into her second book of this series. She takes you on a journey to America where, for her, everything is foreign and she is learning to adjust to a new language, new people, new weather, and new surroundings. She is constantly reminded of her family and the war in Cambodia throughout her life in America. She tells about how she was able to quiet that anger, depression, and anxiety. One of my favorite parts of this book is that she would switch back and forth between what was happening to her and Meng (and his family) in America to Chou and the rest of their family back in Cambodia. It was enlightening to see just how different both sisters lives were being lived. But, that doesn't mean that either one of them was not enjoying life. It was simply to show that though her brother had chosen her to go to America and get an education, it could just have easily been her older sister, Chou. I am anxiously awaiting to get to the bookstore to grab the third book in this series to find out what else she has decided to share about her journey - I was barely able to put the first two books down. I'm sure the third will be the same."
Stefani Marie
