Growing up in the 'KILLING FIELDS' and surviving the Khmer Rouge. CHANSITHA OUK'S personal recollections as told to Ernest W. Crosby.

About the Book

Sitha started life before the Khmer Rouge came to power. She witnessed the struggle for power and the rising death toll. The wayward American bombs destroyed Sitha’s village near the clandestine Viet Cong bases. She survived the evacuation and dislocations, the forced separation from her family, the child labor camp, the beatings and starvation and her failed fi rst attempt at escape.

About the Author

Sitha started life before the Khmer Rouge came to power. She witnessed the struggle for power and the rising death toll. Her village was destroyed by wayward American bombs intended for clandestine Viet Cong bases near her village. She survived the evacuation and dislocations, the forced separation from her family, the child labor camp, the beatings and starvation and her failed first attempt at escape.