Ma and Me - A Memoir non-fiction when Michelle was twenty-five

when Michelle was twenty-five

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Ma and Me - A Memoir non-fiction when Michelle was twenty-fiveWhen Putsata Reang was eleven months old, her family fled war torn Cambodia, spending twenty three days on an overcrowded navy vessel before finding sanctuary at an American naval base in the Philippines. Holding what appeared to be a lifeless baby, Ma resisted the captains orders to throw her bundle overboard. Instead, on landing, Ma rushed her baby into the arms of American military nurses and doctors, who saved the childs life. I had hope, just a