Communists of the North were aided in the South by allies called the Viet Cong. A civil war was being fought in the South, where Le Ly's village was located. Vietnam had been a colony of France, but when France abandoned the area in 1954, Vietnam was divided into two countries, communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam. The war conditions made it impossible to hold classes. Her studies were cut short by war when she was eight years old. Le Ly was raised in the Buddhist religion and attended a village school. Villagers nicknamed her con troi nuoi ("she who is nourished by God") as she struggled to live against great odds. She was born prematurely and weighed only two pounds, but she survived in difficult conditions. From the beginning of her life, Le Ly faced great challenges. The family lived in a village called Ky La (later Xa Hoa Qui) that was near Danang, a port city on the South China Sea. "Nourished by God"īorn Phung Thi Le Ly on December 19, 1949, she was the youngest of six children of Phung Trong (her father) and Tran Thi Huyen (her mother). The second book covers her life in America beginning in 1970 and her return visits to Vietnam after the war. The first book shows the effects of the Vietnam War (1954–75) from a Vietnamese perspective. Hayslip is also well known for her two memoirs, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (1989) and Child of War, Woman of Peace (1993). Building clinics, schools, and rehabilitation centers in Vietnam with the assistance of American Vietnam War veterans and other donors, the East Meets West Foundation improved life in Vietnam and promoted understanding and respect between people in her native country (Vietnam) and her adopted country (the United States). She persevered through many hardships and became a force for uniting once bitter enemies by creating the East Meets West Foundation. L e Ly Hayslip experienced and survived the horrors of war. "Working together to heal the wounds of war." Director of the East Meets West Foundation and author
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