Once a royal kingdom and then part of the British Empire, Burma long held sway in the Western imagination as a mythic place of great beauty.
Now, Zoya of the, a young member ofthe Karen tribe in Burma, bravely comes forward with her astonishingly vivid story of growing up in the idyllic green mansions of the jungle, and her violent displacement by the military junta that has controlle.
In recent times, Burma has been torn apart and isolated by one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world.
Once a royal kingdom and then part of the British Empire, Burma long held sway in the Western imagination as a mythic place of great beauty