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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir  Cover Image Book Book

The best we could do : an illustrated memoir

Bui, Thi (author,, artist.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1419718789
  • ISBN: 9781419718786
  • ISBN: 1419718770
  • ISBN: 9781419718779
  • Physical Description: print
    327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Summary, etc.: "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.
Awards Note:
Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017
American Book Award, 2018.
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese -- Comic books, strips, etc
United States
Vietnamese Americans
Refugees
Asian Americans
Medicine
Bui, Thi
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Cartoons and comics
Mother and child
Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
Asian Americans -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
Refugees -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
Genre: Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Comics (Graphic works)
Biographical comics.
Graphic novels.
Graphic novels.
Nonfiction comics
History
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Autobiographical comics
Biographical comics
Graphic novels.
Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 58 of 64 copies available at All C/W MARS Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at East Longmeadow Public Library.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 64 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
East Longmeadow Public Library GN B (Text) 30595001075715 Second Floor Available -

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