Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir of Burma

At the time of Burma's military coup in 1962, Wendy Law-yone was 15. The daughter of Ed Law-yone, daredevil proprietor of The Nation newspaper, she'd had a childhood filled with the delights and dangers of life at the centre of new independent and politically unstable Burma. She'd always imagined she would study abroad. Now, with her father in prison, leaving the country became both more desirable and more difficult. After a failed attempt, when she was caught and imprisoned, she finally escaped. Meanwhile her father spent 5 years in jail before trying, unsuccessfully, to help form a government in exile in Thailand. Ed later emigrated to America where, despite his unquenchable exuberance, he died a disappointed man.