A Clash of Innocents edition by Sue Guiney Literature Fiction eBooks
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"It’s not supposed to be cold in February, not in Phnom Penh. Deborah, a 60-year-old American expat, is on her way back to the Khmer Home for Blessed Children which she has run for ten years. A young woman in her twenties is waiting for her. Another American, but with flip-flops and a backpack, she asks, 'Are you Deborah Young? I’m here to help."
So begins a story of hidden identities and questioned motives. Who is this young woman? Who is Deborah? Who are any of the displaced Westerners who find themselves raising the leftover children of Cambodia’s violent past? Against her better judgment and building suspicions, Deborah allows the young woman, Amanda, to stay. But when a sick infant is left on their doorstep, the horror of the young woman’s past catches up with her and infiltrates the orderly workings of Deborah’s home. The precarious well-being of Deborah’s 'family' of forty forgotten Khmer children is jeopardized, as is her own emotional life.
Against the backdrop of Cambodia’s violent past and the beginnings of its new Tribunal for 'justice', a story of displaced souls unfolds. In Cambodia, innocents are everywhere. Everyone is innocent, or so they would like to believe – everyone, except the few who, for their own private reasons, take on the guilt of the many.
Review of A Clash of Innocents
Against the evocative backdrop of Cambodia, this is the heart-warming story of the indomitable Deborah, who runs an orphanage and fights with her own demons as the country struggles to come to terms with its bloody history. Guiney keeps us wanting more with this tale of the triumph of love in impossible circumstances. A real page-turner.
Fiona Robyn
Reviews of her last book
"Tangled Roots is also the work of a gifted writer, who never once intrudes into the story and whose existence we completely forget about. That is the highest praise I can give to anybody's writing skill. Most of all though, it's a compelling story about very believable people in whom we will all see something, perhaps a great deal, of ourselves, and it keeps you turning the pages. What more can we reasonably ask of any novel?"
David Gardiner for Gold Dust Magazine
Biography
Sue has lived in London for nearly twenty years where she writes and teaches fiction, poetry and plays. Her work has appeared in important literary journals on both sides of the Atlantic, and her first book, published by Bluechrome Publishing in 2006, is the text of her poetry play, Dreams of May which premiered in London’s Pentameters Theatre. Ward Wood has also publish her poetry collection Her Life Collected
A Clash of Innocents edition by Sue Guiney Literature Fiction eBooks
This delightful read is a tale of mysterious pasts, romantic misfires and the guilty pleasure of eating chocolate alone. And quite a bit more. The story takes place in a contemporary Cambodia that is fitfully trying to put behind it a quarter century of war. The central character and narrator is Deborah, an American nurse who at age sixty finds herself mother to a house full of parentless children in the capital Phnom Penh. How she got there, how she feels about her often hectic life and how she manages to bring on some happy outcomes among the little ones are questions that find answers as the story progresses. Deborah's life is stable, sort of, until a younger American woman shows up and insists on being part of the tight little community. A Clash of Innocents is one of those books in which you find yourself caring about the smallest details of the characters' lives. But you also get engaged in some very big ones, such as trust, infant mortality and the country's war crimes tribunal. Author Sue Guiney offers up the smoothest of conversational prose, starting with the very first line: "You live here long enough and you stop taking things for granted." The "here" is a place she knows well from lengthy volunteer work at a children's home in Phnom Penh. You'll want to read this book if you've been to Cambodia--you'll understand a lot that you didn't at the time. And you'll want to read it if you've never been and never will. It's just a story very well told.Product details
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A Clash of Innocents edition by Sue Guiney Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Beautifully written and reveals' the author's passion and cultural sensitivity. Can't wait to meet more of her work. I have travelled to Cambodia and she evoked the sights, smells and tastes.
I enjoyed this book. Plot is a little thin, but characters are well defined and history of Cambodia politics is fascinating.
A heartfelt, uplifting and interesting read about the beautiful country of Cambodia and it's people. I think the book is well written and very enjoyable.
poignant and interesting characters and plot and an amazing description of Cambodia. I loved it nancy
Very atmospheric and evocative of Cambodia. A study of Westerner do-godders in a stricken country, dealing with crises of their own.
This delightful read is a tale of mysterious pasts, romantic misfires and the guilty pleasure of eating chocolate alone. And quite a bit more. The story takes place in a contemporary Cambodia that is fitfully trying to put behind it a quarter century of war. The central character and narrator is Deborah, an American nurse who at age sixty finds herself mother to a house full of parentless children in the capital Phnom Penh. How she got there, how she feels about her often hectic life and how she manages to bring on some happy outcomes among the little ones are questions that find answers as the story progresses. Deborah's life is stable, sort of, until a younger American woman shows up and insists on being part of the tight little community. A Clash of Innocents is one of those books in which you find yourself caring about the smallest details of the characters' lives. But you also get engaged in some very big ones, such as trust, infant mortality and the country's war crimes tribunal. Author Sue Guiney offers up the smoothest of conversational prose, starting with the very first line "You live here long enough and you stop taking things for granted." The "here" is a place she knows well from lengthy volunteer work at a children's home in Phnom Penh. You'll want to read this book if you've been to Cambodia--you'll understand a lot that you didn't at the time. And you'll want to read it if you've never been and never will. It's just a story very well told.
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