Thi Bui was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States as a child. She studied art and law and thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but became a public school teacher instead. Bui lives in Berkeley, California, with her son, her husband, and her mother. The Best We Could Do is her debut graphic novel.
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam from debut author Thi Bui.
This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. 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.
At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home.
In what Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.
發表於2025-03-23
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Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
評分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
評分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
評分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
評分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
圖書標籤: 迴憶錄 越南 美國 英文原版 漫畫 自傳 傢庭 越南戰爭
2018已讀06#作者為人母後尋根溯源的故事,麵對動蕩的曆史和戰爭留下的創傷,我們能做到的最好的就是把這份勇氣傳承下去。
評分This book bears an important subject matter and has very beautiful illustrations chronicling the author's family during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War as well as the sacrifices they have made in order to start a new life in another country. However, the problem of this book for me lays with the format, which is limiting and confusing.
評分鮮活的曆史碎片 曆史書裏無法講述的真實......
評分2018已讀06#作者為人母後尋根溯源的故事,麵對動蕩的曆史和戰爭留下的創傷,我們能做到的最好的就是把這份勇氣傳承下去。
評分讀完的第一本英文小說,雖然是graphic novel,一個很好的開始。Thi的父母真的真的太不容易瞭,能活下來去美國,與好運以及資源,還有傢族積纍都密不可分,作者也通過寫這本書,更理解瞭父母,喜歡這種跨越時空的故事,時間上有戰爭做標記,空間上從越南到美國,跨越山海,喜歡。
The Best We Could Do 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載