Sunday, February 1, 2009
'Unpolished Gem' poignant tale of family, cultural ties
Posted on 5:21 AM by svdfbd
By Jessica HarrisonDeseret NewsPublished: Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 "UNPOLISHED GEM: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me," by Alice Pung, Plume, 304 pages, $15, softcoverIn 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.The regime persecuted or eliminated
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