TY - BOOK AU - Bui,Thi TI - The best we could do: an illustrated memoir SN - 9781419718779 U1 - 973.0495920092 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Abrams The Art of book KW - Bui, Thi KW - Vietnamese Americans KW - Biography KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Refugees KW - United States KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Personal narratives, Vietnamese KW - Cartoons and comics KW - Graphic novels KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs KW - bisacsh KW - COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration KW - sears KW - Autobiographical comics KW - lcgft KW - Biographies N1 - LIB N2 - 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 ER -