Le An

This chapter focuses on Le An as she joined an artistic troupe that performed for military units and youth groups during the war and spent over two decades living in northern Vietnam with the military. It mentions Le An and her troupe's crossing of the border and performance in southern Laos in 1971. It also details how Le An survived a period at the Seventeenth Parallel that was punctuated by the heavy bombing of Binh Dinh and Quang Binh Provinces. The chapter recounts Le An's return to southern Vietnam to reunite with her husband, who served in the army in North Vietnam. It points out how Le An's husband was not able to recognize her when she walked up to him at the rendezvous point in Can Tho after not being able to see each other for so long.

Minh

This chapter is dedicated to Minh, as the third Saigon sister who joined the resistance with slight apprehension due to the tug of being a dutiful daughter. It mentions how Minh resented saluting the French tricolor flag every morning in the courtyard of the Lycée Marie Curie and having to resort to an Encyclopédie Larousse to picture the flag of Vietnam. It also recounts Minh's youth of reading about the French youth under German occupation, singing songs from the maquis, and learning folk dances. The chapter illustrates Minh's risky role as liaison for her sisters and others in the resistance when they needed to pass on information or acquire medicines and other basics that could not be bought in the countryside. It also looks at Minh's heroism in nurturing family members throughout the war, becoming a pillar in the chaos.

Oanh

This chapter centers on Oanh, who was born in the Mekong Delta, attended Lycée Marie Curie, and was considered the ninth Vietnamese woman of the Saigon sisters. It recounts the revolution of 1945, where Oanh's father was almost beheaded for being a landowner and collaborator but was spared at the last minute. It also emphasizes how Oanh took pride in being Vietnamese but did not have a strong political consciousness, only going along with student marches and other activities to “help make the crowd.” The chapter discusses her studies at Viterbo College in Wisconsin and life in the United States. It discloses her return to Saigon, where she applied her degree to help young women affected by the social upheaval of the Geneva Accords.

Minh

This chapter talks about Minh, who was dubbed faithful daughter, wife, mother, and “adopted mother” to nieces and nephews while she endeavored to find ways to support the resistance. It details Minh's external life as a teacher while she built networks and arranged activities among teachers and other intellectuals sympathetic to the revolution. It also discusses Minh's arrest and imprisonment to the jail in which Trang was held after her secret contributions to the resistance had been discovered. The chapter narrates how Minh welcomed Thanh and Trang back into the family compound on Cach Manh Thang Tam after the war. It also mentions the jobs she took that allowed her to travel and explore other cultures in order to satisfy her curiosity about the world.