When Heaven and Earth Changed Places

A powerful memoir about a Vietnamese American woman who lived through the Vietnam War as a young Vietnamese girl in the 1960s. I loved Le Ly Hayslip’s honest, visceral descriptions of what it felt like living in Vietnam as well as the horrible impacts of war. She shares her raw, unfiltered perspecti......more

This book is the closest I have ever come to understanding the horror of war. You are in the story and with her the whole time.......more

Part of the problem reading history is that sometimes one tends to look at the overall picture; the strategic view, rather than the impact of an event on the individual Le Ly Hayslip has recounted her family's personal experiences during the Vietnam war from the perspective of those caught in the mi......more

4⭐ Essential for anyone wishing to understand the thinking of those caught up in the late war in Vietnam. A window into the culture and belief system of the ordinary people, through the story of one extraordinary woman.......more

"Un essere umano è sempre un essere umano, a prescindere dall'etichetta che mettiamo sul suo corpo".......more