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    Child of War, Woman of Peace
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    When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
    City and Port
    • City and Port

      The Transformation of Port Cities

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

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      City and Port
    • When Heaven and Earth Changed Places

      A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      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 landed 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 America, 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 and Earth Changed Places
      4.1
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      • 476 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      La Hague is een verlaten dorp aan de Normandische kust, waar stormen de huizen teisteren en golven op de klippen beuken. Een jonge vrouw heeft haar intrek genomen in het dorp om de vogelpopulatie aan de kust te bestuderen. Ze is haar oude leven ontvlucht, op zoek naar eenzaamheid na de dood van haar grote liefde. Dan wordt de gemeenschap opgeschrikt door de komst van een oude bekende. Lambert is teruggekeerd naar het dorp waar hij vroeger zijn vakanties doorbracht, tot een drama een einde maakte aan zijn gelukkige jeugd.

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      3.9
    • Child of War, Woman of Peace

      • 374 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Focusing on the journey of an immigrant, this sequel delves into her challenges of healing past traumas while building a new life in the United States. It continues the narrative from Hayslip's acclaimed memoir about her experiences during wartime Vietnam, offering a poignant exploration of resilience and adaptation. The story is set to be adapted into a feature film by Oliver Stone, adding to its cultural significance.

      Child of War, Woman of Peace