Red Sky in the Morning (Paperback)

A Young Woman's Flight from War and Regime-Change

Xa Lili was just six years old when full-blown combat erupted in war-weary Vietnam. A century of colonial rule, followed by a bitter struggle for independence, had left the country divided, a focal point in the global conflict between Communist and Free World ideologies.

When the US withdrew and Vietnam was reunified under Hanoi, Lili was swept up in an unprecedented swell of humanity fleeing a landscape devastated by war. Her story, spanning the years of her childhood to young adulthood, represents the heritage of more than a million Asian-Americans living in the United States today.

This small volume, beautifully illustrated with original watercolor paintings, is based on Lily Blackard's recollections of her journey to America as a Vietnam War refugee.

Elizabeth Buhmann has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. For twenty years, she was a researcher and writer for the Texas Attorney General, publishing reports, white papers, and handbooks on subjects as diverse as child abuse, crime victim issues, and criminal law. She is also the author of a mystery novel, Lay Death at Her Door (Red Adept Publishing, 2013).

JU Salvant is a respected watercolorist who has illustrated three history books published by the University of Texas Press. Her paintings and drawings are found in the art collections of two former US presidents, congressmen, governors, and a former first lady, as well as in numerous private and commercial collections.