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The Foreigner's Confession Paperback – January 28, 2022
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An unexpected, mysterious discovery in Cambodia leads Emily Mclean on a journey through the country’s painful history and toward personal redemption.
After a horrific accident shatters her world and leaves her an amputee, American attorney Emily Mclean moves to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to work with landmine survivors. She hopes to reinvent herself in this new land, leaving behind her sense of culpability in the death of her husband and the loss of her unborn child.
While visiting the Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide, Emily discovers that she shares an eerie resemblance to a portrait of a former prison inmate, Milijana Petrova, a Yugoslavian communist revolutionary who, in the 1970s, became fatally enmeshed with the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Emily is not the only one who notices the astonishing similarity—her Cambodian driver insists she is the ghost of Milijana, come back to complete a mysterious task.
This unexpected discovery consumes Emily, who starts desperately searching for answers about Milijana in historical documents from Cambodia’s devastating civil war. As she begins to uncover more clues about Milijana’s life—from the horrible mistakes she made to the terrible price she paid—further similarities between the two women start to emerge, and their stories become intertwined. What happens when life is turned upside down and the boundaries between past and present, life and death, are blurred? Can Emily’s discoveries help her to finally emerge from the pain of her own past, or will Milijana’s tragic end foretell her own?
- Print length354 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 28, 2022
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.89 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10173782650X
- ISBN-13978-1737826507
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"Lya Badgley draws on her experience working in Phnom Penh to craft a hauntingly beautiful and suspense-filled story of an American attorney hoping to reinvent herself in Cambodia after the death of her husband and unborn child. This dramatic psychological thriller is both a page-turner and a joy to read―every page of it!"
―Jennifer Haupt, bestselling author of In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills
"A cleverly constructed novel that intertwines multiple characters and timelines to create a compelling and unsettling portrait of Cambodia and the risks people take to rebuild their lives after tragedy."
―Mark Haskell Smith, author of Blown
"The sights, sounds, and scents of Cambodia are brought vividly to life in a novel that moves between decades, confronting readers with complexities of a country torn by genocide, and how the best of intentions can go terribly wrong."
―Gina Wilkinson, author of international bestseller When the Apricots Bloom
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- Publisher : Lure Press (January 28, 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 354 pages
- ISBN-10 : 173782650X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1737826507
- Item Weight : 15.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.89 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,863,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,641 in International Mystery & Crime (Books)
- #105,350 in Historical Fiction (Books)
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About the author
Lya Badgley writes international suspense featuring characters overcoming life-changing odds. Her first novel, The Foreigner’s Confession, set in Cambodia, was a finalist for the prestigious Nancy Pearl 2023 Best of Fiction Award. Her second novel, set in Myanmar, The Worth of a Ruby, was released in November, 2023.
Lya draws deeply from her personal experience living in Europe and Southeast Asia. Her life is worthy of a movie - dabbling in the music industry, opening a restaurant in Myanmar, interviewing insurgents for Human Rights Watch, and microfilming documents for the Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide in Cambodia. A dedicated environmentalist, she served as an elected city councilmember and activist. She currently lives in Snohomish Washington and is busy writing her third novel.
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Lya made the characters come alive and seem so real. In the beginning I struggled keeping track of all the characters from the two different time periods. Bottom line - very well written. I hope there is a sequel.
atrocities and heartbreak of Cambodia during it's war torn years yet ultimately, it's a story about the power of healing and love. I highly recommend it!