Life Between Two Worlds: How A Cambodian Garment Worker Found Success In Hollywood
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 069291708X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 255 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazing woman triumphs through amazing hardship! A touching story of struggle and survival. Having grown up in Canada it's really hard to imagine the life people in less fortunate countries all over the world are born into.This young woman is an inspiration to everyone who struggles. I truly enjoyed the book and would recommend it for anyone who wants to understand the life and cultural challenges faced by south east asians who come to America because they cannot find safety in their homelands.. I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to learn about Monica, you are one of the most inspiring persons that I've ever known. I doubt that anyone can get through what you got through. This book has touched my heart. I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to learn about immigration, people who are struggling in the their life and who want to become successful people. I am so proud of you! Thanks for sharing your own story.. Amazon Customer said An Amazing Biography and a Roller-Coaster Must Read!. I came across this book when I actually ran into Monika Tep in Los Angeles. I don't usually read biographies unless it was a particular important figure in modern history. But I read Monika's book and thought it was impressive. It had you wanting to read on, and kept the reader wondering what is going to happen next. Monika Tep's real life story embedded in "Life Between Two Worlds" is an astonishing story about how a Cambodian young girl who had a horrific life without her father, made it to America and succeeded with her driven ambition. I recommend this book highly to people thinking they have it worst in life than a
Tep’s tumultuous life has provided her with a perspective far beyond her years. Monika survived unimaginable cruelty and found heartwarming compassion and personal redemption. She prayed that someday, somehow, she would start anew in America. Today, Monika is a successful beauty specialist, print model and personal stylist in Beverly Hills. Against remarkably impossible odds, Monika Tep emerged from a nightmarish world of violence and repression to achieve her dreams. She was born in the aftermath of the notorious Killing Fields era when the vicious Khmer Rouge army came to power and began a long-term, genocidal reign of terror that devastated her native Cambodia. Tep neve
Monika Tep has truly inhabited two worlds—the poverty-ridden, war-torn, often terrifying Cambodia of her childhood, and its polar opposite: the affluent, glamorous life of Beverly Hills. In “Life Between Two Worlds,” she seeks to help others who, like her, struggle under dire circumstances and who yearn for
All to soon Monika and her family were swallowed by the poverty that surrounded them and thrust into a world of suffering and betrayal. This book is a heartbreaking tale of what can happen to a woman alone in the world that will also inspire readers to never stop chasing their dreams.. One of luxury and comfort that comes with being the daughter of a successful entrepreneur and another of extreme poverty and hardship that gripped most of Cambodia. With the grit and determination of a child who does not know any other way, Monika fought her way through violence, rape, human trafficing, and across the borders of countries she never dreamed of visiting to eventually land in America. With plenty of helping hands and the power of her own will, Monika tries to rebuild the life of a successful entrepreneur that she had known in her childhood. But the land of hopes and dreams is a daunting place for a young woman all alone and very far from her homeland. Growing up in a beautiful manor behind Tuol Sleng and visiting her grandfather who worked there Monika Tep inhabited two worlds