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Kim Thuy writes of her grandmother having to choose between the risk of losing her son at sea and finding him torn to shreds in a minefield in Cambodia.
"My grandmother had to choose between the risk of losing her son at sea and finding him torn to shreds in a mine field in Cambodia. She had to choose without hesitating, without trembling. Perhaps it was to control her fear that she started to pray."
Ru is written by Kim Thuy, read by Elodie Yung and abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions
Produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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Thu 28 Jun 2012
22:45
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