When heaven and earth changed places: a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
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It is said that in war heaven and earth change places not once, but many times. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places is the haunting memoir of a girl on the verge of womanhood in a world turned upside down. The youngest of six children in a close-knit Buddhist family, Le Ly Hayslip was twelve years old when U.S. helicopters langed in Ky La, her tiny village in central Vietnam. As the government and Viet Cong troops fought in and around Ky La, both sides recruited children as spies and saboteurs. Le Ly was one of those children.
Before the age of sixteen, Le Ly had suffered near-starvation, imprisonment, torture, rape, and the deaths of beloved family members—but miraculously held fast to her faith in humanity. And almost twenty years after her escape to Ameica, she was drawn inexorably back to the devastated country and family she left behind. Scenes of this joyous reunion are interwoven with the brutal war years, offering a poignant picture of vietnam, then and now, and of a courageous woman who experienced the true horror of the Vietnam War—and survived to tell her unforgettable story.
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Grouped Work ID | 37370f23-ae0d-3cb1-844f-75f7acfaf236 |
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Grouping Title | when heaven and earth changed places a vietnamese womans journey from war to peace |
Grouping Author | le ly hayslip |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-30 17:48:47PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-02 04:48:56AM |
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Wurts, Jay
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Hayslip, Le Ly
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Wurts, Jay
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Hayslip, Le Ly
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Non Fiction
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Non Fiction
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9780385247580
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1989
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Doubleday
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Autobiographies
Hayslip, Le Ly
Refugees -- United States -- Biography
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Biography
Vietnam -- Description and travel
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese
Hayslip, Le Ly
Refugees -- United States -- Biography
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Biography
Vietnam -- Description and travel
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese
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When heaven and earth changed places : a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
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When heaven and earth changed places : a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace / Le Ly Hayslip with Jay Wurts
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When heaven and earth changed places
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a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
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Description and travel
Hayslip, Le Ly
Refugees
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Hayslip, Le Ly
Refugees
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
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ils:.b10704620 | Book | Books | 1st ed | English | Doubleday | 1989 | xv, 368 pages ; 25 cm. |