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Le Ly Hayslip is a Vietnamese-American writer, memoirist and humanitarian. She wrote two books about her life before and after the Vietnam War, and founded two charities to help the Vietnamese people.
Learn about Le Ly Hayslip's life journey from war to peace, her publications, and her COVID-19 response through her Global Village Foundation. Join her apprenticeship to share gratitude and wisdom with her and other volunteers.
Le Ly is an internationally known Vietnamese-American author, philanthropist, peace activist, and speaker. She grew up in Ky La (now known as Xa Hoa Quy), Vietnam during the American-Vietnam War.
Le Ly Hayslip is a Vietnamese-American memoirist and humanitarian who survived the war and torture in Vietnam. She wrote two books about her life journey, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War, Woman of Peace, and founded the East Meets West Foundation.
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places is a 1989 memoir by Le Ly Hayslip about her childhood during the Vietnam War, her escape to the United States, and her return to visit Vietnam 16 years later. The Oliver Stone film Heaven & Earth was based on the memoir.
Apr 29, 1989 · Le Ly Hayslip is a Vietnamese-American memoirist and humanitarian. She was born in Ky La, now Xa Hao Qui, a small town in central Vietnam just south of Da Nang. She was the sixth and youngest child born to farmers. American helicopters landed in her village when she was 12 years old.
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places. Le Ly Hayslip. Previous Next. Having been a Viet Cong spy, a servant, a black marketer, a teenage single mother, and an expatriate, Le Ly is, above all, a survivor. She does whatever necessary to survive through the war and its atrocities.
