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Bui, Thi,

The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui. - New York: Abrams The Art of book 2018 - 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

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.



ISBN: 9781419718779 9781419718786

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bui, Thi--Comic books, strips, etc.
Bui, Thi--Comic books, strips, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vietnamese Americans--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugees--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese--Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoons and comics.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Graphic novels.
Refugees--Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese.
Vietnamese Americans.
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.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographical comics.
Graphic novels.
Biographies.

Dewey Class. No.: 973.0495920092 / B9321b