Three women, three countries, three stories--the destinies of a Thai in prison for murdering her husband, a Cambodian longing for a child, and a Laotian Hmong refugee are threaded together by the tears leftover from the Vietnam War. Each of the women have been marked in some way by the atrocities of Pol Pot's Cambodia, the Secret War in Laos, and the effects of these wars, as well as the Vietnam War on Thailand, where many displaced people from Laos and Cambodia found refuge, and where American soldiers sought refuge of another kind, ultimately leading to the development of Thailand's sex tourism industry. The Buddhist concept of reincarnation is used to unite six main characters, three of whom are dead. The dead consist of a Cambodian monk, an American soldier who fought in Vietnam and died in Thailand and an American pilot who flew bombing missions in Laos and died there. These three become dead companions who are watching over three women who are still living with repercussions of war and the lasting imprint this devastation leaves generations later.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- as-----
- ISBN
- 9781926708836 9781771331012 9781926708843 1926708849 1771331011
- LCCN
- PR9199.4.F62258
- LCCN Item number
- B42 2012eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (328 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00239684 (OCoLC)808924294 (CaOOCEL)457335
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright Notice 3
- Title Page 4
- Dedication 6
- I. The Past 8
- A Monk, Cambodia, 1975-1979 10
- A Raven, Laos, 1965-1975 20
- A Soldier, Thailand, 1968 29
- A Monk, a Raven and a Soldier 38
- II. Three Women A Thai, A Cambodian, A Hmong Laotian 48
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2003 50
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2004 65
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, 2004 79
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2003 89
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2004 102
- Grandmother, Laos, 1975 111
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2004 126
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2006 139
- Grandmother, Ban Vinai, Thailand, 1976-1992 151
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2009 167
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2006 190
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, 1992-2004 201
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2009 207
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2007 216
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, 2004 229
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2009-2010 243
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Early 2009 251
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, 2004 254
- Isra, Chiang Mai, Thailand, May 2010 264
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Mid-2009 270
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, 2004 278
- Isra, Siem Reap, Cambodia, May 2010 287
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Late 2009 289
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, August 2004 299
- Isra, Siem Reap, Cambodia, May 2010 307
- Arunny, Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 2010 309
- Grandmother, Wat Tham Krabok Thailand, August 2004 311
- III. The Present Three Women and a Monk, a Raven, a Soldier 316
- A Monk, Siem Reap, Cambodia, May 2010 318
- A Raven, Plain of Jars, Laos, May 2010 321
- A Soldier, Thailand, May 2010 325
- Siem Reap, Cambodia, May 2010 328
- Acknowledgements 332
- About the Author 337
