'Gem' Poignant Tale of Family, Cultural Ties
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › February 01, 2009
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"UNPOLISHED GEM: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me," by Alice Pung, Plume, 304 pages, $15, softcover
In 1974, the Khmer Rouge army headed by the dictator Pol Pot took over Cambodia, ruthlessly initiating a communist program that forced the entire population to work as laborers on collective farms.See the full content of this document
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'Gem' Poignant Tale of Family, Cultural Ties
The regime persecuted or eliminated anyone in opposition, as well as professionals and intellectuals. Minority groups -- ethnic Vietnamese, ...
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