From Earth to Elite The Memoir of Dr. Serge Lee is about the life of a poor peasantry child that was born to an opiate-addicted and extremely low class family in the former, tiny, landlocked Laotian Kingdom. In the early days, his family could not afford him the taste of candies, bread, or even a pair of undergarment until the age of 14. He didnt even know that winter clothes existed. Instead, his daily food diet consisted of chilli, ginger, a sprinkle of salt, and heated rocks as warming sources. The book is a powerful memoir of change and restoration. Through the calamities of war and national racism and the evils of their own agrarian