There are few books you read which change your life and your
outlook on the peoples of the world-but "Sophie" is most definitely
one of them Looking back to my days on active duty from 1965-1968
during the Vietnam War as a young United States Navy JAG officer, I
simply did not have an appreciation or understanding of the
terrible plight of the people in Cambodia who were under the threat
of a brutal Communist takeover which would essentially destroy
their world as they knew it. The hero of the book is a law student
named Savy in Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia, in 1975 when he
sets out on a dangerous, exciting, and yes romantic journey from
his homeland and family in Cambodia to America. Savy takes the
reader back to his happy, youthful days in Cambodia before the
Communist Khmer Rouge victory and the fall of Phnom Penh on April
17, 1975. His vivid portrayal of everyday life in Cambodia before
the Communist take over of the country gave me entirely new
insights and a really deep empathy for the Cambodian people-much
different than reading an Enclopedia's factually accurate but
emotionless view of Cambodia and its people. "Sophie" is
overflowing with emotion through out the book leading up to the
ending which will make you cry. Believe me, reading this book will
jolt your senses and change your life forever. Douglas F. MacPhail,
attorney, CDR, USN Jag Corps, retired.
General
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