If you have a few minutes to spare on the computer, I really encourage you to check out Shake Girl. It is a graphic novel created by a group of Stanford students about a true story that takes place in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia about a young girl who gets involved with a rich, older, married man. The story is specific to one girl, but apparently is not an uncommon scenario. You'll notice the illustrations change throughout because of all the different hands working on it. Be sure to check out the afterword for an eloquent synopsis of the context.
I read a book called Stay Alive, My Son by Pin Yathay a couple of years ago that taught me a lot about the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian revolution that was fascinating and at the same time heart breaking. I thought after reading it, "Why didn't I learn about this in school?". It is an amazing story written by a survivor of "the killing fields" that I can't recommend enough. It was such a major world event that for some reason, seems little known to our, & subsequent, generations.
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