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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instanceOf film
memoir
adaptedAs Heaven and Earth NERFINISHED
associatedWith American literature about the Vietnam War
Vietnamese diaspora literature
author Le Ly Hayslip NERFINISHED
Le Ly Hayslip NERFINISHED
basedOn When Heaven and Earth Changed Places NERFINISHED
coAuthor Jay Wurts NERFINISHED
contributedTo public understanding of Vietnamese civilian experiences in the Vietnam War
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
immigration experience
post-war Vietnam
director Oliver Stone NERFINISHED
follows Le Ly Hayslip NERFINISHED
genre autobiography
war memoir
hasSequel Child of War, Woman of Peace NERFINISHED
literaryTheme cultural displacement
family separation
reconciliation
war and trauma
mainSubject Vietnam War NERFINISHED
Vietnamese civilians
immigration to the United States
refugees
narrativePerspective first-person
notableCharacter Le Ly Hayslip NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1989
publisher Doubleday
settingLocation United States NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodCovered 1960s
1970s
1980s

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Heaven & Earth basedOn When Heaven and Earth Changed Places