<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>A Cloak of Good Fortune </em>traces one Cambodian child's coming of age from the idyllic, peaceful years of childhood in rural Cambodia through his family's forced exile. by the Khmer Rouge.</p><p> </p><p>Sieu. Sean Do was born in 1963 and grew up in Kampong Speu, a rural town about fifty kilometers outside Phnom Penh. The midwife declared Sieu Sean a rare family blessing because he was born inside the amniotic sac, and. in Khmer folklore, the sac is believed to be a "cloak of good</p><p>fortune" that brings good luck. No one knew then how much luck the family would ultimately need.</p>