Subject of one of the most iconic photographs in history tells her journey through the horrors of war to faith, forgiveness, & peace
Carol Stream, Ill. – Tyndale Momentum has announced that it has struck an agreement with Kim Phuc Phan Thi, better recognized as the “napalm girl” to release Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness & Peace (ISBN: 978-1-4964-2429-7, Hardcover: $25.99 and Softcover: $16.99) in October 2017.
“We could not be more honored to publish Kim Phuc’s remarkable story,” said Jan Long Harris, Executive Publisher. “After reading Fire Road, readers who previously felt pity for the little girl in the iconic photo from the Viet Nam war will find their sympathy transformed into awe at Kim’s courage, faith and joy in the face of incredible adversity. For Kim, the pain of war continued long after Saigon fell to the communists, but her life is a testament to the power of faith in redeeming pain.”
Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now!
These were the final shouts nine-year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames—before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It’s a moment forever captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in a hospital morgue; no one expected her to survive the attack. Napalm meant fire, and fire meant death.
Against all odds, Kim lived—but her journey toward healing was only beginning. When the napalm bombs dropped, everything Kim knew and relied on exploded along with them: her home, her country’s freedom, her childhood innocence and happiness. The coming years would be marked by excruciating treatments for her burns and unrelenting physical pain throughout her body, which were constant reminders of that terrible day. Kim survived the pain of her body ablaze, but how could she possibly survive the pain of her devastated soul?
Fire Road is a stunning first-hand account of struggling to find answers in a world that only seemed to bring anguish. Kim’s memoir explores the relationship between her and “Uncle Nick” Ut, the then 21-year-oldAssociated Press photographer, who took the stunning photograph and then delivered Kim to the hospital. Kim tells the story of how North Vietnam and Cuba used her for propaganda for its Communist regime, and how she and her husband escaped Cuba to secure freedom.
The release of Fire Road will include a national media tour and comprehensive marketing campaign. More info is available here: http://mediacenter.tyndale.com/1_products/details.asp?isbn=978-1-4964-2429-7
Kim Phuc Phan Thi is a UNESCO Goodwill ambassador who travels to hundreds of events every year around the world. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for her commitment to global peace and reconciliation. This includes six honorary doctorates for her work in supporting child victims of war around the world through the nonprofit organization KIM Foundation International. Kim and her husband, Toan, have two grown sons, Thomas and Stephen, and live in the Toronto area.
Tyndale House Publishers, founded in 1962, is one of the largest privately held Christian publishers of books, Bibles, and digital media in the world. Tyndale Momentum, Tyndale’s nonfiction imprint, is the publisher of manyNew York Times bestsellers and is known for integrity in building lasting personal relationships with authors and agents. Tyndale extends the ministry of its authors by contributing most of its profits to the nonprofit Tyndale House Foundation, which makes grants to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world. Originally founded to publish The Living Bible, a contemporary paraphrase of the Bible that became a global publishing phenomenon, Tyndale now publishes the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT), the translation of choice for millions of people.
