Double Blessing: My Journey from Laos to Fishhook
By Kham Kurfman and Linda Pearson
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Double Blessing is Kham’s story of her family’s life in Laos—the extreme measures she and her family took to survive the growing threats of war in their homeland, the risky decision to flee to a Thailand refugee camp, and finally her journey to her new home in America and the new life she found there.
Kham Kurfman
Kham Sonethongkham Kurfman was born in Laos and immigrated to the United States in 1979. Kham lives with her husband, Carl, on the family farm near Fishhook in Pike County, Illinois. Linda Pearson taught English, reading, and language arts for 34 years before retiring in 2016. She and her husband Rusty live in rural Pike County, Illinois.
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