In the Shadow of the Banyan (2012)
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Vaddey Ratner's 2012 debut novel, drawn from her own childhood, follows seven-year-old Raami as the Khmer Rouge drive her family, minor Cambodian royals, out of Phnom Penh and into the labor camps. Her father's watch is one of the objects that measures the loss. (Open Library)
Watches
- Omega Constellation
- Raami recognizes Big Uncle's Omega Constellation as identical to Papa's; both were gifts from their mother. Papa's watch is later found with his notebook and fountain pen, then exchanged for a cassava root. No reference is given.
Source text: Uncle's watch flashing in the sunlight. An Omega Constellation, I remembered. Identical to Papa's. (Vaddey Ratner, In the Shadow of the Banyan, scan cataloged as Charnwood, 2013, pp. 71, 233, 297; Internet Archive scan OCR)