Lucky Child (45 page)

Authors: Loung Ung

BOOK: Lucky Child

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“This is a strong story, simply told. Ung helps us understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics, adversity, and war. Change the names of the characters, give them another country of origin, and this story of dislocation becomes a tragedy millions of immigrants have lived through but seldom talk about…. Ung’s story is a compelling and inspirational one that touches universal chords. Americans would do well to read it, no matter where they were born.”

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Washington Post Book World

Books by Loung Ung

Lulu in the Sky

Lucky Child

First They Killed My Father

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers.

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FIRST HARPER PERENNIAL EDITION PUBLISHED 2006.

The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:
  Ung, Loung.
      Lucky child: a daughter of Cambodia reunites with the sister she left behind / Loung
  Ung.—1st ed.
          p. cm.
      Includes bibliographical references.
      ISBN 0-06-073394-2 (alk. paper)
      1. Ung, Chou. 2. Ung, Chou—Family. 3. Cambodian Americans—
  Biography. 4. Refugees—United States—Biography. 5. Sisters—United States—
  Biography. 6. Sisters—Cambodia—Biography. 7. Cambodia—Biography.
  8. Political atrocities—Cambodia—History—20th century. I. Title.
  EI84.K45U54 2005
  973’.049593’0092—dc22