Others Were EmeraldsA stirring coming of age novel about guilt, loss, love and memory. Others Were Emeralds explores the inherent danger of allowing our misconceptions to shape our reality. This is the part in the story where someone I love would only appear again in flashbacks. The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now