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

  • Bui, Thi
Date:
2017
  • Books

About this work

Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.

Physical description

327 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm

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.

Awards note

Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017
American Book Award, 2018.

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    EH.AL
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781419718779
  • 1419718770