Diem Ngueyn's autobiography, Walk Around the Tree, chronicles her real life adventures from age four through early adulthood. The title comes from her first successful experience outside her home after having been sick with polio, but also represents the brave determination one must have to successfully walk through all of life's challenges. The first half of the book is about growing up in post-war Vietnam, and presents the lasting effects war had on life in that country as could only be seen through the eyes of a child, each event explained the way she experienced it. Diem only wanted a...