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The unwanted

a memoir
2001
A memoir in which the author, an Amerasian now living in the United States, recalls his childhood experiences in Vietnam after being left behind when America pulled out of the war following the fall of Saigon.

The best we could do

an illustrated memoir
Presents the story of the author's family's journey from Vietnam to America in the 1970s and shares the struggles she faced adjusting to her new life.

When heaven and earth changed places

a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
A memoir of Le Ly Hayslip in which she recalls her experiences during the Vietnam War as a young spy for the Viet Cong, and tells of her return to her country and family twenty years after escaping to America.

The best we could do

an illustrated memoir
The author presents a graphic novel memoir of his family's journey from Vietnam to America in the 1970s and shares the struggles she faced adjusting to her new life.
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Regret to inform

2000
In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn took a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband died. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.

When heaven and earth changed places

a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
1990
A memoir of Le Ly Hayslip in which she recalls her experiences during the Vietnam War as a young spy for the Viet Cong, and tells of her return to her country and family twenty years after escaping to America.

The twenty-five year century

a South Vietnamese General remembers the Indochina War to the fall of Saigon
2001
General Lam Quang Thi chronicles the experiences he had between 1950 and 1975, when the Republic of Vietnam and its Army rose and fell.

When heaven and earth changed places

a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
1989
An account of the Vietnam War by a child of the war who survived the horror, then fled to the U.S. to find peace.

Where the ashes are

the odyssey of a Vietnamese family
1994
The author recalls his childhood in Vietnam, his escape to the U.S., and his return to Vietnam as an American reporter telling about Vietnam today.
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