![]() ![]() Now, some two decades later, this indispensable memoir continues to be one of our most important accounts of a conflict we must never forget. ![]() Scenes of this joyous reunion are interwoven with the brutal war years, creating an extraordinary portrait of the nation, then and now-and of one courageous woman who held fast to her faith in humanity.įirst published in 1989, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places was hailed as an instant classic. Almost twenty years after her escape, Le Ly found herself inexorably drawn back to the devastated country and loved ones she'd left behind, and returned to Vietnam in 1986. She found sanctuary at last with an American contractor and ultimately fled to the United States. Initially pressed into service by the Vietcong, Le Ly was captured and imprisoned by government forces. helicopters landed in her tiny village of Ky La-shows us the Vietnam War as she lived it. Characters See a complete list of the characters in When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and in-depth analyses of Le Ly Hayslip, Huyen (Mother), Trong (Father), and Anh. ![]() In these pages, Le Ly Hayslip-just twelve years old when U.S. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places is a memoir by Le Ly Hayslip that was first published in 1989. "One of the most important books of Vietnamese American and Vietnam War literature.Moving, powerful." -Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer ![]()
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