Title:
The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
Author:
Bui, Thi, author, artist.
Publication Information:
New York : Abrams ComicArts, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
GRAPHIC NOVEL BUI 2017
Abstract:
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
"Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves"--Publisher description.
Electronic Access:
Pronunciation guide and teacher's guide http://www.abramsbooks.com/thebestwecoulddo/null http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=636&titleID=3135209
ISBN:
9781419718779
Physical Description:
327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Labor -- Rewind, reverse -- Home, the holding pen -- Blood and rice -- Either, or -- The chessboard -- Heroes and losers -- The shore -- Fire and ash -- Ebb and flow.
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