Mother Is My Angel

"No one gets to choose when or where to be born, but what happens after that is what you can imagine." - Abdi Nor IftinRasy Roeun Srun has written a tale of a Cambodian family where she has captured multiple perspectives within the family, albeit through her own glasses. The narrative ranges in mood, traveling from love, funny, contemplative to angry and many more emotions, as she gorgeously details her life. She extends a hopeful and wise view of the world and writes about her relationship with her mother. Rasy, offers an exploration of her experience of living in Cambodia, in America and expresses her pain of loss, when she leaves her house and her neighborhood. She describes her struggle with the enormous changes her life goes through with her moving to America. Beautifully Rasy weaves an interesting prose, to describe the many ways in which her parents grant her all her desires. The marvelous family novel showcases the struggle of gestures that parents painstakingly accomplish to express their love for children.