The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
Publication details: New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2017.Description: 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781419718779
- 1419718770
- 9781613129302
- 1613129300
- 9781419718786
- 1419718789
- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Bui, Thi
- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- 1961-1975
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnamese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Nonfiction
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration
- Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Refugees -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Refugees
- Graphic novels
- Refugees -- Biography
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese
- Vietnamese Americans
- Graphic novels
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group -- history
- Asian Americans -- history
- Mother-Child Relations
- Refugees
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- United States
- Autobiographical comics.
- Graphic novels -- United States
- Graphic novels
- Comics (Graphic works).
- Biographical comics.
- Graphic novels -- U.S.A -- 2017.
- Graphic novels.
- Autobiographical comics.
- Graphic novels.
- Nonfiction comics.
- Autobiographical comics.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Graphic novels.
- Nonfiction comics.
- Autobiography
- Graphic Novels
- Personal Narratives
- 973/.0495920092 B 23
- E184.V53 B85 2017
- BIO026000 | CGN007000 | SOC007000
- Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Graphic novels | BUI | Available | 068287 |
Chiefly illustrations.
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.
Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
