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World Pulse Magazine Spring 2007 Voyages
Bones That Float: A Story of Adopting Cambodia
| Wild Heaven Press, 2007 | Cambodia
Thorough, eloquent and emotionally raw, this superb adoption tale—named for a Cambodian phrase referring to the sacred that rises above the suffering—delivers much more than the expected spiritual journey. Ms. Grossman deftly interweaves her own story with Cambodia’s gruesome history of war and genocide, and stories of two Cambodians—one who escaped the Khmer Rouge and one who did not. With great sensitivity, she grabs at the heartstring, exploring the volatile internal and external factors that inform her multidimensional circumstance and exposing a line of brutality that extends from the Khmer Rouge to the streets of Phnom Penh where preteen girls are purchased. No bystander to injustice, Ms. Grossman continues her efforts on behalf of the people introduced in the story.
Visit her online to find out more about her ongoing work. — Maria Jett
