Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter frontcover
2. Contents vii
3. Compiler's Note ix
4. Introduction: A World Turned Upside Down xi
5. Songs My Enemies Taught Me 1
6. A Letter to My Mother 7
7. Worms from Our Skin 11
8. One Spoon of Rice 19
9. Memoir of a Child's Nightmare 27
10. New Year's Surprise 35
11. The Dark Years of My Life 43
12. Jail Without Walls 51
13. Witnessing the Horror 57
14. The Unfortunate Cambodia 67
15. Living in the Darkness 73
16. A Four-Year-Old's View of the Khmer Rouge 83
17. The Tragedy of My Homeland 89
18. Hurt, Pain, and Suffering 93
19. The Darkness of My Experience 101
20. Survival in Spite of Fear 105
21. Pol Pot 111
22. A Bitter Life 115
23. The Unplanned Journey 123
24. Motherland 129
25. My Mother's Courage 135
26. Escaping the Horror 143
27. When the Owl Cries 147
28. The End of Childhood 155
29. My Sadness 161
30. Life in Communism 167
31. The Nightmare 171
32. The Tonle Sap Lake Massacre 185
33. Notes to the Introduction 195
34. Glossary 197