Running toward the guns : a memoir of escape from Cambodia / Chanty Jong, with Lee Ann Van Houten-Sauter.

""Running Toward the Guns is an autobiographical story and an accounting of Chanty Jong's personal inner self-healing journey that led to a successfully unexpected discovery. Jong survived the Cambodian genocide during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979, witnessing the horrors of the killing fields...

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Main Authors: Jong, Chanty, 1967- (Author)
Van Houten-Sauter, Lee Ann, 1964- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
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Physical Description:vii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Memoir of escape from Cambodia
Format: Book
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""Running Toward the Guns is an autobiographical story and an accounting of Chanty Jong's personal inner self-healing journey that led to a successfully unexpected discovery. Jong survived the Cambodian genocide during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979, witnessing the horrors of the killing fields, torture, starvation and much more. Her vivid narrative recounts the suffering under the Khmer Rouge, her perseverance to survive physically and emotionally and her perilous escape to America. Her memoir relives the traumatic memories of her experiences and traces her arduous personal transformation toward a life of inner peace through intensive meditation."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Note:Includes index.
Call Number:E184.K45 J66 2020
ISBN:9781476682532
1476682534