Customer Reviews

Leaving the House of Ghosts: Cambodian Refugees in the American Midwest

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This is a great book. I personally know the author, and it took her over 13 years to write it. She interviewed many real cambodian refugees and did a lot of hard work. It is very informative.

On August 11, 2010 I ordered the book "leaving the House of Ghosts: Cambodian Refugees in the American Midwest". As I usually do,I ordered it with the rating of at least "used--very good" because it was written by a family member some years ago. In the past the books I have received were in great shape. I was very disappointed in this one as it is NOT in good shape. As I read, towards the end of the book now, there are dirty pages and marks on many pages. The book also looked like it had been wet. This causes me to not finish it and not keep it in my library as a family book.
I was emailed by the person who sent it and she gave me the excuse that it was the weather in her area at the time. That doesn't explain the pages inside the book that are marked up. I will have second thoughts about ordering books from Amazon in the future.

My son herd sarah talk at his school and requested that i would buy this book for him. He read it and loved it. He has taught me a whole bunch about the history of Cambodia and the reasons that it all happend and what happened. I give this book 5 stars because even though i haven't read it my son has told me more about this book than any other that he has read deserving me to come back to this site and make sure other people buy this book and read it.