“A stunning work of reconstructed family and world history” ( Booklist Online). “This memoir feels not just created but also deeply lived” ( The Washington Post). Bui documents parental sacrifice, excavates family histories, and grapples with the inherited struggles of displacement and diaspora. An American Book Award winner, a National Book Critics Circle finalist in autobiography, and an Eisner Award finalist in reality-based comics, Bui’s memoir traces her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Việt Nam in the 1970s and their effort to build new lives for themselves in America. Twelve years later, the debut graphic memoir would be released to widespread acclaim from critics and literary heavyweights alike. Before she began to work on The Best We Could Do in 2005, Thi Bui had never drawn a comic in her life.
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