Abstract
I came to Go West! A Memoir for My Sons not as a detached reader but as someone who holds Cambodia within me. Like Sideth D. Niev, I am a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, a child who grew up in exile and a mother now raising children in Minnesota, the same state where Niev rebuilt his life. Reading his memoir is like walking through a mirror: his words reflecting the past my family endured, my life reflecting the future his sons now inhabit. Both of us live in the long aftermath of genocide, where silence is both a burden and a form of protection.
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Recommended Citation
Bell, Lalinne Suon
(2025)
"Book Review of Go West! A Memoir for My Sons: Our Family Journey and Khmer Rouge Life Experiences,"
Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement: Vol. 20
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Iss.
1,
Article 29.
DOI: 10.7771/2153-8999.1446
Available at:
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jsaaea/vol20/iss1/29
