"Icame across this book between exams at Williams, being really busy I would not even consider reading it, but just a few minutes and I was captured! Next thing, I knew I did not even leave the book for a moment and finished it in a few hours. The best thing about the book is that it is an incredibly honest. It is really a story of three brave women; Ginger, her mother and the author. At the same time, it gives an insight to modern Cambodia. And overall, it's just an exceptionally well written piece!" Veronica Sarkyan from Armenia, MA graduate 2010 in Economic Policy, Williams College (USA).
"A mother and daughter tell their dramatic stories to author Utara Norng, who creates out of them a rich portrait of a changing Cambodia. The mother survived the devastation and genocide of the Khmer Rouge regime through shee grit, miraculous luck and the kindness of strangers. Her daughter grew up in a very different Phnom Penh--- a ic city with few elders, moral leaders or role models. Norng vividly conjures up these different worlds and times in a chronicle that is colorful, sobering, and deeply significant." Deborah Burns, Acquiring Editor, Storey Publishing, Massachusetts (USA).
"I just wanted to spend a few minutes reading several pages of the book; I ended up finishing the whole book. I love the way the story was told inter-connectedly about mother and daughter. In a rather untraditional Cambodian fashion, I know, and talk about, most, if not all, things about lives of girls and boys in Cambodia. There are, however, matters in the story completely unknown to me. As a Cambodian lady, Utara took lots of guts to delve so deep into what she was writing about." Rithisal Kang, was a Program Coordinator for Amrita Performing Arts and currently a Fulbright scholar 2009-2011, MA in Arts Management, SUNY Buffalo.
"As Cambodia's nightmare years are receding from memory into history, this book beautifully weaves two poignant stories of generations fighting to survive in their respective times. These twin tales of love and courage are deeply moving and deeply humbling, and infuse into us the strength to climb our own mountains." Settivoine You, Assistant Professor, University of Washington (USA).
"One of few to publish a major work as a current student, Norng has written an important and original piece." Sara Harris-Senior Writer, The Williams Record (USA).
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