Loung Ung was trained to be a child soldier after her parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. But Ung escaped to America in 1980 as a 10-year-old Cambodian refugee, leaving her sister behind. Hear about their reunion 15 years later, and the parallel lives of sisters growing up in two very different worlds.
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"Lucky Child"
Listen Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2005 at 1:32 p.m. in ConflictGuests
Loung Ung
author of "Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind" (Pub: HarperCollins)
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