Publisher: Perennial, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Binding: Paperback
Languages: English
Pages: 326
Dimension (w x h): 13.40 cm x 20.50 cm
Weight: 0.30 kg
Book’s Description
The remarkable story of a boy from the killing fields of Cambodia who changed the life of an American family
On a snowy winter's night in Vermont, eleven-years-old Adam Fifield and his family a waiting the arrival of his new foster brother, Soeuth, a fourteen-year-old refugee from the killing fields of Cambodia. Scrawny and terrified, Soeuth was mute for days, warily retreating into his room despite the Fifields' numerous attempts to make him feel welcome. But for Soeuth, whose young life had been plagued with fear and violence , it would be monts beofe any place could feel like home.
In this rewarding memoir, Adam Fifield recalls the months and years that followed his first meeting with Soeuth. He describes the boy's amazing physical prowess, his sense of humor, and , juxtaposed against his own typically American coming of age, the horrific details of Soeuth's early years. But even more compelling is the story of Adam and his brother's journey to Cambodia to meet the family Soeuth once thought dead. What awaits them on the other side of the globe will both reunite Soeuth with his lost family and cement the relationship he has forged with his new one.
"Fifield describes his brother's harrowing experiences in the killing fields with cinematic dispatch...[a] faithfull rendering of his brother's epic journey... eloquent."
"Deeply affecting ... A Blessing over Ashes is wonderfully fresh, told with grace and simplicity."
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