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.

When Heaven & Earth Changed Places

Biographies & Memoirs

Le Ly Hayslip

Jay Wurts

Community & Culture

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This work presents the many Woman Warrior figures throughout history & literature, from ancient to modern times, with examples of contemporary & mythical Women Warriors, from Athena to Guinevere, Wonder Woman to Xena, & Florence Nightingale to Amelia Earhart to Gloria Steinem. More than a comprehensive survey of Women Warriors, the book creates a typology of warriors that shows how strong women have viewed themselves through the ages & allows modern readers to realize their own potential. These realizations will reveal clues about handling conflicts with the same or opposite sex at home, in relationships & in the workplace. "Marvelous, scholarly, & insightful."

In Search of the Woman Warrior: Four Mythical Archetypes for Modern Women

History

Richard J. Lane

World

Diane Pub Co.

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