Incredible emotional true story that was horrifingly informative. It was an amazing and sad history.

A really good read; absorbing, and emotional. I've not seen the film or read the original newspaper articles but I will try to now. The 2 main characters you get to know very well and connect with them. It does read quite like a film, in the sense that there is a lot of dialogue and plot rather than descriptions. The brutality of the Khmer Rouge and

the suffering of Dith is eviceral. The final reunification of Sydney and Dith is extremely moving and the resolution of sydneys unjustified guilt is inspirational

. Its an extremely moving book and the fact it's largely true makes it even more intense