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Summary: Warm and gripping story of love
Review: Having spent a lot of time visiting friends in Burma over a ten year span of time, and having been priviledged to travel more than the ordinary tourist, what Armour-Hileman writes about the Mon refugees escaping into Thailand, the torture and privations and suffering a so very real. She doesn't make light of these sufferings and is very accurate in presenting them to us.
having visited the magnificent Kingdom of Siam (Thailand) often as a "rest stop" on the way out of Burma, the author showed me an entirely new facet -- the underbelly -- of this lovely country and its proud People.
I found it difficult to put the book down and it will live for a long time in my mind and heart.It was even more "sharp" after having read Paschal Khoo Thwe's book "from the land of green ghosts" which was marvelous and a must read for anyone interested in recent and present Burma!
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Summary: An Unforgettable Story of Courage Under Fire
Review: The author is comical, insightful, and witty. She minces no words in telling a delightful, though often tragic tale of her mission in Burma. The characters in this book are so inspiring and left me wondering what I could do to help people like them who suffer so much at the hands of ruthless governments. This book should be better publicized than it is. I had never heard of it, I just happened to see it at a local book place. I'm so glad I found this treasure of a book, it is absolutely beautiful.
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