The disappeared

By Kim Echlin

Subjects: Missing persons, fiction, First loves, New York Times reviewed, Cambodia, fiction, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, romance, general, History

Description: "...Anne Greeves is sixteen years old when she first meets Serey, a Cambodian student and musician forced by his family to leave his country during the rise of the Khmer Rouge regime. Swept up in the fury and infatuation of first love, Anne rebels against her father's wishes and embraces her relationship with Serey...But then the borders of Cambodia are reopened and Serey must risk his life to return home, alone, in search of his family. A decade later, Anne will travel halfway around the world to find him, and to save their relationship from the same tragic forces that first brought them together..."--Cover.