Hoa Minh Truong was a lieutenant in the South Vietnam Army when the Vietnam War ended in 1975. At that time the President of South Vietnam ordered his troops to withdraw from major battle areas and turned South Vietnam over to the Communists of North...

From Laborer to Author: The Flowers in Heaven are Rooted in Hell by Hoa Ming Truong is a heart-wrenching memoir about the author’s real-life experiences surviving the tyranny of the Viet Cong. Organized into eight detailed chapters, the book spans the time just before the...