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An edition of When heaven and earth changed places (1989) When heaven and earth changed places

a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace

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by Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts

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Last edited by MARC Bot April 26, 2025 | History Edit An edition of When heaven and earth changed places (1989) When heaven and earth changed places

a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace

2003 ed.

by Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts

• ★★★ ★ 3.5 (2 ratings)
• 58 Want to read
• 3 Have read

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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.

Publish Date 2003 Publisher Plume Language English Pages 377

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Biography, Description and travel, Refugees, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Vietnamese Personal narratives, Vietnamkrieg, Travel, Erlebnisbericht, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Vietnamesen, Le Ly Hayslip, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, United States, Frau, Vietnam, Vietnamese refugees, Personal narratives, Description, New York Times reviewed, Refugees, vietnam, Vietnam, biography, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives, Refugees, united states, Vietnam, description and travel, Réfugiés, Biographies, Descriptions et voyages, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Women, Historical, HISTORY, Military, Vietnam War, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01431664

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1 When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace Apr 04, 2017, Anchor paperback in English 0525431845 9780525431848	zzzz Locate
2 When heaven and earth changed places: a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace 2003, Plume in English - 2003 ed. 0452271681 9780452271685	aaaa Preview Only
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6 When heaven and earth changed places: a woman's journey from war to peace 1991, Pan Books in English 0330314416 9780330314411	eeee Preview Only
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Published in New York Genre Personal narratives, Vietnamese, Biography

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Library of Congress DS556.93.H39 A3 1990, DS556.93.H39A3 2003

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Pagination xv, 377 p. ; Number of pages 377

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Open Library OL17135829M ISBN 10 0452271681 LCCN 89013711 OCLC/WorldCat 20797587 LibraryThing 50149 Goodreads 5729

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A Vietnamese girl caught between the North the South and the Americans. Later in life she returns to Vietnam to find her family and continuing distrust and fear. The book goes back and forth between the war years and her return as an American. A great book. One of my favorites.

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