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Fleeing their war-torn Cambodian village in early 1980, twelve-year-old Dara and her family establish a makeshift home at a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border. Then shelling and fighting, inescapable even there, separate Dara from her family, and she must overcome her fear and lack of confidence to find them again.

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Minfong Ho

Minfong Ho

1951 -
Chinese/Thai American
Minfong Ho was born in Burma and grew up in Thailand. In 1980, during the massive influx of refugees from Cambodia, Ms. Ho became a relief worker in... See more

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The Clay Marble
Drawing on her experience with a relief organization on the Thai border, Ho tells the story of a Cambodian family, fleeing the rival factions of the 80's...

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