Describe Le Ly's childhood. What is her life like as a child? What is her family like?

What is the significance of Le Ly's childhood village home t o the two warring armies of Vietnam? What is the importance of this to the people of the village?

List the members of Le Ly's immediate family. What are their lives like during and after the war?

Describe Le Ly's relationship with various members of her family? How does the war impact various relationships?

How does Le Ly become pregnant with her first son? What is the result of that affair? How does she become pregnant with her second son? How do Le Ly's dreams for a future with a husband change over the course of her life?

How does Le Ly come to realize that her life would be better in the United States? What...