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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction comics Autobiographical comics Comic books, strips, etc Graphic novels History |
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Named Person: | Thi Bui; Thi Bui |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Thi Bui |
ISBN: | 1419718789 9781419718786 9781419739064 1419739069 |
OCLC Number: | 1000131714 |
Notes: | "Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Abrams ComicArts."--Title page verso. " ... revised and expanded to include an illustrated conversation between Thi Bui and Viet Thanh Nguyen and an illustrated timeline."--Page 4 of cover. |
Awards: | Winner of Booklist: Notable Books 2018 (United States) Winner of The American Book Awards 2018 (United States) Winner of San Francisco Public Library's 2018 selection for 'One City One Book' program 2018 (United States) Winner of Ringo Award 2018 (United States) Short-listed for Eisner Awards 2018 (United States) Short-listed for The Harvey Awards 2018 (United States) |
Description: | 327 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Ch. 1 Labor -- Ch. 2 Rewind, reverse -- Ch. 3 Home, the holding pen -- Ch. 4 Blood and rice -- Ch. 5 Either, or -- Ch. 6 The chessboard -- Ch. 7 Heroes and losers -- Ch. 8 The shore -- Ch. 9 Fire and ash -- Ch. 10 Ebb and flow. |
Responsibility: | Thi Bui. |
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"How much of ME is my own and how much is stamped into my blood and bone, predestined?" Posed at the end of Thi Bui's graphic memoir, this is the persistent, yearning question underlying this quietly heartbreaking book. Thi Bui chronicles her family's journey from Vietnam to America, as well as her own transformation from daughter to mother. Stunningly self-assured, this is epic, intimate history rendered in understated words and images" -- Kate Tuttle, Vulture 'a masterpiece' -- Sara Farizan, The Boston Globe online "The book was by many accounts one of the best of 2017, weaving deeply personal stories together with the history and context required to fully understand them." -- Paste "..beautifully illustrated and emotional..." -- School Library Journal online "The Best We Could Do has been compared to Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis for its heart-wrenchingly honest, sometimes humorous, and deeply personal account of what it means to rescue life from the debris of loss." -- Buzzfeed News "In The Best We Could Do, Bui poignantly depicts her parents' journey and struggle from war-torn Vietnam in comic form-and it's one book you can't miss." Medium"This is a stunning graphic novel that is not only enjoyable but important. It's a memoir about Thi's story of immigration, family, and hardship. It is a book that proves yet again how powerful the graphic novel medium can be in creating empathy and understanding." Tillie Walden, author of On a Sunbeam'"In telling the story of her childhood in the U.S. and, later, the birth of her son, Bui explores her relationship with her mother and father, reflecting on how their experiences shaped them as individuals." The Chicago Reader online"...a cinematic epic, following several generations through the travails of immigration and emotional dislocation." PBS NewsHour Online "The book delves as much into her family's history as it does Vietnam's; traumatic things her parents had seen as children and young adults in the years before and during the war... For now, she's reconciled her story with her parents' - and she says hopes her book can provide a starting point for others to do the same." All Things Considered, NPR Read more...
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- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Vietnamese -- United States -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Vietnam -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Childbirth -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Infants -- Death -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Fear -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Nonfiction.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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- Vietnamese -- Social conditions.
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