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Le Ly Hayslip
Born
in Ky La, Viet Nam
December 19, 1949
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“For you see, the face of destiny or luck or god that gives us war also gives us other kinds of pain: the loss of health and youth; the loss of loved ones or of love; the fear that we will end our days alone. Some people suffer in peace the way others suffer in war. The special gift of that suffering, I have learned, is how to be strong while we are weak, how to be brave when we are afraid, how to be wise in the midst of confusion, and how to let go of that which we can no longer hold. In this way, anger can teach us forgiveness, hate can teach us love, and war can teach us peace.”
― When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
― When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
“The past, for everyone, is full of missed chances, surviving to understand them, if not set them straight, is one of the things that makes the next breath worth taking.”
― When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
― When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
“In the West, for example, people believe they must 'pursue happiness' as if it were some kind of a flighty bird that is always out of reach. In the East, we believe we are born with happiness and one of life's important tasks, my mother told me, is to protect it.”
― When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
― When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
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What should be our February 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (Asia)
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (India)
Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin (Turkey)
The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon (Japan)
A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi (Afghanistan)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien (China)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (China)
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (China)
Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon (Thailand [Siam])
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (China)
I'll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin (South Korea)
House of Cards by Sudha Murty (India)
Sunlight on a Broken Column by Attia Hosain (India)
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai (India)
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