Child of War, Woman of Peace

by Le Ly Hayslip

Overview

The inspiring story of an immigrant's struggling to heal old wounds as she makes a new life in the United States, this is the mesmerizing sequel to When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Hayslip's award-winning memoir of life in wartime Vietnam--soon to be an Oliver Stone feature film.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780385471473
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/01/1993
Pages:	388
Sales rank:	805,361
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Le Ly Hayslip was born in Vietnam in 1950. She is the author of two memoirs—When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War, Woman of Peace—which were adapted into the film Heaven & Earth, written and directed by Oliver Stone. Since 1986, she has helped rebuild her motherland through the two charitable organizations she established. Her efforts now focus exclusively on supporting the orphanages she founded in Vietnam.

Editorial Reviews

In the compelling When Heaven and Earth Changed Places ( LJ 5/15/89), Hayslip told of her life in Vietnam and her return to find her family. Joined by her son, she here tells of her encounter with U.S. society, struggle for financial independence, several return trips to Vietnam, and founding of the charitable East Meets West Foundation. Her Buddhist-inspired philosophy of peace is sincere, but while her first book evoked admiration, this one presents a stubborn, naive heroine who uses others as much as she is used. There are marriages of convenience, evil relatives (Vietnamese and American), betrayed love, talks with her dead father, fortune-tellers--all the ingredients of a TV miniseries. In fact, the two books are the basis of a forthcoming Oliver Stone movie. For public libraries where the first book was in demand.-- Kenneth W. Berger, Duke Univ. Lib., Durham, N.C.

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