The best we could do, an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui
Type
Label
The best we could do, an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The best we could do
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Oclc number
947796066
Responsibility statement
Thi Bui
Sub title
an illustrated memoir
Summary
"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
Table Of 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
Target audience
general
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Asian Americans + History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mother and child
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, (1961-1975)
- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
Content
Artist
Author
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- Classification4
- Creator1
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- Subject12
- Asian Americans + History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mother and child
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, (1961-1975)
- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Content2
- Artist1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1