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

Van Pelt Library E184.V53 B85 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bui, Thi, author, artist.
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bui, Thi--Comic books, strips, etc.
Bui, Thi.
Refugees--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugees.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives--Comic books, strips, etc.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Asian Americans--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
Asian Americans.
Vietnamese Americans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Vietnamese Americans.
Medicine--Comic books, strips, etc.
Medicine.
Cartoons and comics.
Asian People--history.
Asian--history.
Mother-Child Relations.
Vietnam Conflict.
History.
United States.
Medical Subjects:
Asian People--history.
Asian--history.
Mother-Child Relations.
Vietnam Conflict.
Refugees.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Autobiographical comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
History.
Nonfiction comics.
Biographical comics.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
Summary:
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.
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.
Notes:
Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017
American Book Awards, Winner, 2018
ISBN:
9781419718779
1419718770
9781419718786
1419718789
OCLC:
947796066
Publisher Number:
40027764714
99971326582

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