Saigon Is Burning

by Laurette Heger

This is not just a dry recital of history. This story is told from a different angle, as the author recounts her youthful memoirs during the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia between 1940 and 1945. This story moves to a deeper personal level, as one family attempts to live a traditional French life in the tropics while dealing with the horror and destruction of war in their private lives.

316 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2006

Reviews

[Hope Rella · Rating 5 out of 5]

My grandmother wrote this book because she wanted people to know what it was like to grow up in the “golden age” of Vietnam. My grandmother had so many story’s and this book serves as a living history for our family to reflect on the magnitude & magnificence of Laurette Heger my grandmothers journey of her life.