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The Girl in the Picture - by Denise Chong (Paperback)

The Girl in the Picture - by  Denise Chong (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The world will never forget the 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of nine-year-old Kim Phuc, running naked in terror after a napalm strike in Vietnam. Chong presents the timely, sensitive story of the "napalm girl" as she struggles to reclaim her life. of photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare. --The San Francisco Chronicle</b> <p/>On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. <p/>This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An extraordinary piece of journalism. <b>--The Baltimore Sun</b><p>More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, <b>The Girl in the Picture</b> confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare. <b>--The San Francisco Chronicle</b></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Denise Chong</b> is the author of <b>The Concubine's Children</b> (<b>Viking and Penguin</b>), a <b>Book-of-the-Month Club</b> selection. She is the editor of <b>The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women</b> and lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband and two children.

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