A Blessing over Ashes: The Remarkable Odyssey of My Unlikely Brother

Adam Fifield

ISBN 10: 0380800497 / ISBN 13: 9780380800490

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks June 2001, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Blessing over Ashes: The Remarkable Odyssey of My Unlikely Brother
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks June 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0380800497
• ISBN 13: 9780380800490
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography/Biography

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Synopsis

On a snowy winter's night in Vermont, eleven-year-old Adam Fifield and his family awaited the arrival of his new foster brother, Soeuth, a fourteen-year-old refugee from the killing fields of Cambodia.  Scrawny and terrified, Soeuth was mute for days, warily retreating into his room despite the Fifields' numerous attempts to make him feel welcome.  But for Soeuth, whose young life had been plagued with fear and violence, it would be months before any place could feel like home.

In this rewarding memoir, Adam Fifield recalls the months and years that followed his first meeting with Soeuth.  He describes the boy's amazing physical prowess, his sense of humor, and, juxtaposed against his own typically American coming of age, the horrific details of Soeuth's early years.  But even more compelling is the story of Adam and his brother's journey to Cambodia to meet the family Soeuth once thought dead.  What awaits them on the side of the globe will both reunite Soeuth with his lost family and cement the relationship he has forced with his new one.

About the Author

Adam Fifield is a native of Vermont and a graduate of Bates College. He is a freelance writer whose work has appeared regularly in the Village Voice and In These Times, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.