From Phnom Penh to Paradise

Escape From the Killing Field - A Mother's Traumatic Story.

Forced from her home in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge reign of terror engulfed Cambodia, mother-of-two, Var Hong was catapulted from a comfortable, middle-class life into a living nightmare - the regime's sinister 're-education' programme. Her only hope was in her own quick thinking and the protecting power of God.

Disease, starvation and summary execution were daily features of the new life doing back-breaking work in the paddy fields. Many people died. But miraculously, Var and her two daughters escaped, and became the focus of world attention when the media took up their story.

This extraordinary testament of courage and faith culminates in an unexpected and delightful wedding in the Gloucestershire village of Paradise.