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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.

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Abrams ComicArts, [2017]

973.049597 B932b

Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Vietnamese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Refugees -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781419718786 (pbk.)

9781419718779 (hc.)

327 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

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.

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.

Biographical comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic non-fiction.

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