tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post2959994876026404053..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Mother and the Tiger: A Memoir of the Killing Fields by Dana Hui LimMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-34535973786974841352014-10-05T16:50:47.860+08:002014-10-05T16:50:47.860+08:00To Debbie. Thanks very much for this comment on i...To Debbie. Thanks very much for this comment on indeed a deeply moving book.Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-90864993163990059302014-10-05T10:27:37.960+08:002014-10-05T10:27:37.960+08:00Thank you for letting me read your heartbreaking a...Thank you for letting me read your heartbreaking account of the atrocities you, your family and your country faced. I liked your writing style – I was captivated from the first sentence. Your story was moving, funny in parts, tender and brave. You touched my heart by your emotional candidness. You vividly portrayed how Cambodia became a mass labour camp of execution, torture, starvation, disease and overwork. My reaction to the book was one of anger, joy and tears and then I cried through your interview. I couldn’t stop thinking about the book – it stayed with me for days and I have since purchased several copies to give to friends to read. I cried for you and your family in your battle for survival and then later in the book, the obstacles faced by refugees - you have an inner strength that is amazing –– you were brave to open up old wounds. I am particularly in awe of your mum and brother Khay for their resourcefulness in keeping your family alive and together. I think your brother’s story needs to be told but understand the intensity and emotional angst it too would bring to your family. A haunting story. DebbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com