Summary of Chanrithy Him's When Broken Glass Floats

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The head of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, charged that Vietnamese Communists were infiltrating into Cambodia. The prince showed newsmen a detailed map drawn up by his general staff showing Communist implantation in Cambodia. #2 I was three years old when I heard the word war for the first time. It was 1968, and I was with my parents in Takeo. My siblings and I were excited to see a comet. #3 In 1969, war comes to Cambodia. I am only four years old, and I am terrified. I hear my mother shouting at my father to take me and my siblings to the bunker, and I cry out with anxiety for my father. #4 The American invasion of Cambodia in 1970 was a Viet Cong tactic to get support from China. It was a precursor to the Khmer Rouge taking over Cambodia in 1975, and the death of millions of Cambodians.