The Cambodian Holocaust was one of the most horrific chapters in the history of humankind. The Mother Light is the true story of a young woman who was a slave under the ruthless Pol Pot Regime for all four years of the genocide and survived. Her immeasurable suffering - displacement, starvation, disease, forced manual labor, and the agony of family members being raped, tortured, and executed - was rivaled only by her wits and her undying desire to see her mother again. Only after a daring sixty-mile escape on foot to Thailand did she finally find her way to safety - and, eventually, to a new life the United States. Told in stunning detail, The Mother Light is a story of hope in the face of unimaginable cruelty - one that brings the worst and best of humanity into the light.
