Book launching for Loung Ung, Author of First They Killed My Father, a Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 Senator Patrick Leahy, Rep. Lane Evans Lane Allen Evans (born August 4 1951) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois. , Roland Eng Roland Eng is a Cambodian politician and the Cambodian Ambassador to the United States of America. He has been active in Washington D.C. since the fall of 1999. Ambassador Eng is well known for his charitable work and has been involved in Sam Relief since its inception. (The Ambassador of Cambodia), Helen Thomas Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is a noted news service reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). (UPI UPI abbr. United Press International White House Bureau Chief) and Blanquita Cullu (President, National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts) to host a book party in honor of author Loung Ung on Tuesday, February 8th at Cafe Milano in Washington, D.C. Every once in a while, a book comes along that shakes us out of our complacency, forcing us to confront some of humanity's most shocking crimes, yet leaving us more compassionate by having read it. First They Killed My Father is one such book. Providing an eyewitness view of the appalling savagery of the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot, Loung gives voice to the suffering, devastation and loss that were its cruel by-products. Her story is all the more poignant because she was barely five years old when the secure world she had known literally exploded in violence and chaos. &uot;This is a story of the triumph of a child's indomitable in·dom·i·ta·ble adj. Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable. [Late Latin indomit spirit over the tyranny of the Khmer Rouge; over a culture where children are trained to become killing machines. Loung's subsequent campaign against landmines is a result of witnessing at first hand how her famished fam·ish v. fam·ished, fam·ish·ing, fam·ish·es v.tr. 1. To cause to endure severe hunger. 2. To cause to starve to death. v.intr. 1. neighbors, after dodging soldier's bullets, risked their lives to traverse unmapped mine fields in search of food. Despite the heartache, I could not put the book down until I reached the end. Meeting Loung in person merely reaffirmed my admiration for her.&uot; Queen Noor, of Jordan. Loung Ung is available for interviews by contacting: JANET DONOVAN, CREATIVE ENTERPRISES INT'L at 202-822-9318. Books and invites to February 8th launching are available upon request. SOURCE: DigitalWork ( http://www.digitalwork.com ) DigitalWork.com -- Your Business Workshop |
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