Stay Alive, My SonGripping and powerful, Stay Alive, My Son is an unforgettable testament of cruelty, courage, sacrifice and survival as a young Cambodian must decide whether or not to abandon his sole surviving child in order to escape the sadistic purges of the Khmer Rouge. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. |
Contents
Evacuation | 20 |
The Liberated Zones | 36 |
The Beginning of Purification | 55 |
Copyright | |
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