Le Ly Hayslip was born in Vietnam in 1950. She is the author of two memoirs-When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War, Woman of Peace-which were adapted into the film Heaven & Earth, written and directed by Oliver Stone. Since 1986, she has helped rebuild her motherland through the two charitable organizations she established. Her efforts now focus exclusively on supporting the orphanages she founded in Vietnam.

The inspiring story of an immigrant's struggles to heal old wounds in the United States, this is the sequel to When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Le Ly Hayslip's extraordinary, award-winning memoir of life in wartime Vietnam.