When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
by Le Ly Hayslip
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarywarhistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardycomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA grounded, emotional biography: serious and wide-ranging. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.5 / 5
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About This Book
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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- Author
- Le Ly Hayslip
- Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 373
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- Open Library
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