The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
By: Bui, Thi [author,, artist.].
Publisher: New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781419718779.Subject(s): Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc | Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc | 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, etcGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: 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.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.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | E184.V53 B85 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012160 |
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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.