Running Toward the Guns: A Memoir of Escape from Cambodia - Softcover

Jong, Chanty; Van Houten-Sauter, Lee Ann

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9781476682532: Running Toward the Guns: A Memoir of Escape from Cambodia
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1476682534 ISBN 13: 9781476682532
Publisher: McFarland, 2020

Synopsis

Running Toward the Guns is an autobiographical story and an accounting of Chanty Jong's personal inner self-healing journey that led to a successfully unexpected discovery. Jong survived the Cambodian genocide during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979, witnessing the horrors of the killing fields, torture, starvation and much more. Her vivid narrative recounts the suffering under the Khmer Rouge, her perseverance to survive physically and emotionally and her perilous escape to America. Her memoir relives the traumatic memories of her experiences and traces her arduous personal transformation toward a life of inner peace through intensive meditation.

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About the Authors

Civil war erupted in Cambodia when Chanty Jong was eight years old. Having lived through the terror of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, she ultimately escaped to Thailand and later to the United States. She is presently giving speeches about her survival and life story.

Chanty's family physician, Dr. Lee Ann Van Houten-Sauter, D.O., aided Chanty in describing her journey through her terror to healing. She lives in Williamstown, New Jersey.

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Publisher
McFarland
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1476682534
ISBN 13 
9781476682532
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
166
Rating
  • 4.39 out of 5 stars
    18 ratings by Goodreads