My Favourite... Biography

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for another My Favourite... post thanks to Maureen's Books and the theme of the week was biography.


My pick was "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung. It's by no means a happy and "fluffy" book, but a book that perhaps "needs" to be read.

Comments

  1. Carol24 January 2018 at 16:48

    That sounds like a tough book to read.

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    1. GothicVamperstein25 January 2018 at 12:54

      It wasn't exactly lightweight chick-lit to put it that way, but sometimes there are certain books that can be helpful to read.

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  2. EFC Chrissy25 January 2018 at 20:31

    I'm going to have to check this one out. It sounds like a good read.

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  3. Maureen's Books26 January 2018 at 17:32

    Sounds like a hard read. I haven't heard about it before.
    Thanks for signing up and sharing your favorite.

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    1. GothicVamperstein30 January 2018 at 18:19

      You're welcome. :-) Not all books are equally fun to read.

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