Khmu Cradling: Growing up in northern Laos

By Nat Khamphew

This is the story of a Khmu boy growing up in the forests of northern Laos at a time of great change, from subsistence farming to modern urban life, from the Vietnam conflict to its painful aftermath, from the mysteries of Animism to the rigour of Buddhism. A story replete with refugees, shamans, monks and the spirits of the past. It is also the story of a family trying to survive in the face of alcoholism, starvation, scapegoating and the curse of unexplained deaths in a world before modern medicine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0956677568
• ISBN13: 9780956677563
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Private Library
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"