Girl in the Picture Paperback by Denise Chong

Product Details

• Publisher: Penguin Canada (2006-05-09)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 376 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780143056201
• Item Weight: 412.78 grams
• Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.0 cm

By the author of the award-winning memoir The Concubine’s Children.

On June 8, 1972, a nine-year-old girl, severely burned by napalm, ran from a misplaced air strike over her village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph—one of the most unforgettable images of the war and of the twentieth century—was seen around the world. The Girl in the Picture is at once a riveting personal story about Kim Phuc, a victim of war and later, under the Communist regime, a tool of propaganda, and a groundbreaking social history that offers a rare view of everyday life in Vietnam both during and after the war.

About the Author

DENISE CHONG is the author of the family memoir The Concubine's Children; The Girl in the Picture, a story of the napalm girl from the Vietnam War; and Egg on Mao, a portrayal of human rights in China. She worked in the public service at the Department of Finance and was the senior economic advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In 2013, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She lives with her family in Ottawa.