Dear Friends
This Thursday April 22 at 7 pm Water St. Books welcomes Utara Norng. Utara is a remarkable 25-year-old woman. She was a staff member at the Documentation Center of Cambodia(DC-Cam) from 2003-2007, where she assisted the Victim of Torture project(VOT). She received her Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Foreign Languages from the Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2007. She was a Witness Assistant under Witnesses/Experts Support Unit at the Extraordinary Chamber in the Court of Cambodia(Khmer Rouge Tribunal) from 2007-2009.
She is now pursuing her Master of Arts in Development Economics at Williams College(USA) under Fulbright scholarship. As part of her work with the VOT project at DC-Cam, she decided to write a book about Ginger, entitled "Broken Glass: A Girl Named Ginger". The book is about Ginger's world, as a bar girl who survived three abortions at a very young age, and about her mother Malis's world, as a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime. It is a beautiful and fascinating glimpse of a different world-a story that only she could tell.
Utara will be reading and discussing "Broken Glass" here at Water St. Books. Copies of her book will be on hand for sale and signing. We hope you will join us for this special event. It is free and open to the public.
Best Regards,
Richard
@WSB
Richard D. Simpson
Store Manager
Water St. Books
26 Water St
Williamstown, MA01267
(413)458-8071
Fax: 413 458 0249
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