The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story (Signed) - Chong, Denise

SIGNED BY DENISE CHONG on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to edges of dust jacket; personal note with previous owner's name on ffep; otherwise very minimal wear; This is the sensitive and timely story of Kim Phuc - the nine-year-old Vietnamese child who was the subject of one of the most famous photographs every taken. Running from the temple where she and other villagers, mostly women and children, were hiding, Kim tore the burning clothes from her back. Seconds before the pain overtook her, her image was immortalized on film. Despite being savagely burned, Kim survived. Kim became a celebrity. However, at home, she was a pawn in the hands of officials who turned her into a propaganda tool for her country's her into a propaganda tool for her country's Communist regime. Kim embarked on a series of extraordinary escapes that eventually earned her a new life in Canada. This is a deeply moving, hauntingly provocative story of how war affects the soul and how an extraordinary photo transformed an identity.
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Hardcover
Viking
1998
Toronto, ON