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Zoya Phan was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen ethnic group. For decades the Karen have been under attack from Burma's military junta; Zoya's mother was a guerrilla soldier, her father a freedom activist. She lived in a bamboo hut on stilts by the Moei River; she hunted for edible fungi with her much-loved adopted brother, Say Say. Many Karen are Christian or Buddhist, but Zoya's parents were animist, venerating the spirits of forest, river and moon. Her early years were blissfully removed from the war. At the age of fourteen, however, Zoya's childhood was shattered as the Burmese army attacked. With their house in flames, Zoya and her family fled. So began two terrible years of running from guns, as Zoya joined thousands of refugees hiding in the jungle. Her family scattered, Zoya sought sanctuary across the border in a Thai refugee camp. Conditions in the camp were difficult, and Zoya now had to care for her ailing mother. Zoya, a gifted pupil, was eventually able to escape, first to Bangkok and then, with her enemies still pursuing her, in 2004 she fled to the UK and claimed asylum. The following year, at a 'free Burma' march, she was plucked from the crowd to appear on the BBC, the first of countless interviews with the world's media. She became the face of a nation enslaved, rubbing shoulders with presidents and film stars. By turns uplifting, tragic and entirely gripping, this is the extraordinary true story of the girl from the jungle who became an icon of a suffering land.
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Zoya Phan is a 28-year-old ethnic Karen refugee from Burma. As a teenager she was forced to flee her country after her village was attacked by the Burmese Army. She now lives in London and works for the human rights organization Burma Campaign UK. See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW4fd8pUb1M
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent, well written and extremely moving first-hand account from one of the millions of victims of the Burmese government.
Written by a Karen woman in her late twenties, anyone can compare and contrast their own childhood and life story with hers. From an at times idyllic beginning in a poor though strong community, life takes a serious turn for the worse as the Burmese army attack and destroy her village.
This book is a testament to both the best and worst of humanity, as the account of the trials and sufferings of her family and people are vividly recreated. Her own story is one of great courage and determination.
An extremely timely rallying cry to stand for poor and voiceless victims of injustice, and against one of the world's most brutal regimes.
Written by a Karen woman in her late twenties, anyone can compare and contrast their own childhood and life story with hers. From an at times idyllic beginning in a poor though strong community, life takes a serious turn for the worse as the Burmese army attack and destroy her village.
This book is a testament to both the best and worst of humanity, as the account of the trials and sufferings of her family and people are vividly recreated. Her own story is one of great courage and determination.
An extremely timely rallying cry to stand for poor and voiceless victims of injustice, and against one of the world's most brutal regimes.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a brilliant and inspirational insight into the life of a child in modern-day Burma. Full of true accounts of both the bliss and horror of rural life under persicution from the world's most cruel and bloody military regime.
If you can read this without being affected then you are probably in a coma. You laugh and cry with the author who writes with an innocence and lack of anger which typifies the wondeful nature of the Burmese.
Read and enjoy. You will love it!
If you can read this without being affected then you are probably in a coma. You laugh and cry with the author who writes with an innocence and lack of anger which typifies the wondeful nature of the Burmese.
Read and enjoy. You will love it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As I have always been greatly interested in some of the countries of the Far East I found this moving story extremely interesting, especially as it tells what is going on inside Burma right up to the present day. I hope Burma Campaign UK receives much publicity, and essential funding, from the brave words of "Little Daughter"
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inspiring story
A moving autobiography about the author's life as a child growing up under a violent military regime, and fleeing through the jungle to a Thai refugee camp, before escaping to the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Underwing1
Well written, deeply touching.
Very well written book, showing a world that most of us hardly know anything about. There is almost no media coverage about what really happens in Burma, this story is one of the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Marrit
Disappointing
I desperately wanted to like this book but alas did not. I am not sure how much was written by Zoya Phan and how much by Damien Lewis, but it is just a dull book. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by Mingaladon
Little Daughter by Zoya Phan
This book is not a literary masterpiece but it opens your eyes to the historic and ongoing suffering by the Karen people in Burma. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2009 by Mrs. D. Coen
What an example to us all!
Wow, a fantastic life story, told matter of factly by an incredible young lady. Zoya is an example to all of us coddled by our western life style, but incredibly humble with it. Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2009 by B. G. Taylor Esq
A Remarkable Story
Several words come to mind when trying to describe this book - tragic; uplifting; heroic; enlightening; profound - are just the beginning of a long list. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by C. M. E. Beckingham
A must-read for anyone who cares about peace and justice.
Zoya Phan was born 28 years ago in a small village in the jungle area of Karen State in Burma. Her father, a notable resistance leader, named her after a Russian partisan, who had... Read more
Published on 27 May 2009 by Karen Kerr
Little Daughter - story of joy, terror and hope.
This is the autobiography of an intelligent, brave, loving and tenacious member of an oppressed group of people. Read more
Published on 22 May 2009 by Polson Ross
A book you can share
Just a brilliant book.
It's hard to put this book down. It's one of those books that when you finish reading it, you'll insist on your friends and family to read it too. Read more
It's hard to put this book down. It's one of those books that when you finish reading it, you'll insist on your friends and family to read it too. Read more
Published on 21 May 2009 by T. Nelan
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