When Broken Glass Floats:

New York: Norton, 2000. First edition, first printing (full number line). Octavo in white DJ; 330 p, b&w illus & 1 map; 22 cm. Very modest rubbing & fold to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light fold to spine head & foot, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393048632

Political refugees -- Cambodia; United States -- Biography. A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed. Contents: Family Tree -- Preface: A Seed of Survival -- A Heavenly Comet Foreshadows War -- B-cinquante-deux -- A Grain of Rice on a Dog's Tail -- When Broken Glass Begins to Float -- There Are No Good-byes -- Worse Than Pigs -- Remnants of Ghosts -- When the Owl Cries -- Now I Know the Answer -- The Spirit of Survival -- A Promise -- Though a Virgin, I'm Called an Old Man -- Mass Marriage and a Forbidden Love -- When Broken Glass Sinks -- A Letter -- The Exodus -- The New Camp -- Khao I Dang Camp -- Sakeo II Camp -- Philippine Refugee Processing Center.