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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir

Bui, Thi2018
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This is an intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. 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.
Author:
Bui, Thi, author., artist
Edition:
Revised and expanded [edition].
Imprint:
New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2018.
Collation:
327 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2017.
ISBN:
9781419718786 (pbk)
Dewey class:
973.049592200922920
LC class:
E184.V53
Local class:
973.049YA
Language:
English
BRN:
2257475
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