When Heaven and Earth Changed Places

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"When Heaven and Earth Changed Places" is a 1989 memoir by Le Ly Hayslip recounting her harrowing experiences growing up in war-torn Vietnam and later immigrating to the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
memoir
adaptedAs Heaven and Earth
linked to: Heaven & Earth
associatedWith American literature about the Vietnam War
Vietnamese diaspora literature
author Le Ly Hayslip
Le Ly Hayslip
basedOn When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
coAuthor Jay Wurts
contributedTo public understanding of Vietnamese civilian experiences in the Vietnam War
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
depicts American military involvement in Vietnam
Viet Cong presence in villages
refugee resettlement in the United States
rural life in Vietnam
describesEvent Vietnam War
immigration experience
post-war Vietnam
director Oliver Stone
follows Le Ly Hayslip
genre autobiography
war memoir
hasSequel Child of War, Woman of Peace
literaryTheme cultural displacement
family separation
reconciliation
war and trauma
mainSubject Vietnam War
Vietnamese civilians
immigration to the United States
refugees
narrativePerspective first-person
notableCharacter Le Ly Hayslip
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1989
publisher Doubleday
settingLocation United States
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodCovered 1960s
1970s
1980s

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Heaven & Earth basedOn When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
Heaven and Earth basedOn When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
Child of War, Woman of Peace relatedWork When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
Le Ly Hayslip notableWork When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
Heaven & Earth (film) basedOn When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
subject linked to: Le Ly Hayslip