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The Woman Who Chose Purpose Over Despair
Hope is not naive, even after genocide, starvation, and years of forced labor. Sarah Im shares the survival story behind ‘How I Survived the Killing Fields’ and the mindset that helped her rebuild a life from devastation.As a child in rural Cambodia, Sarah grew up in peace before the Khmer Rouge shattered everything. She describes being trapped in the collapse of a country, separated from her family, and sent into a labor camp where survival meant enduring brutal work, severe hunger, illness, and fear day after day. What kept her going was not just endurance, but a purpose she refused to let…
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