The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

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An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one circle of relatives’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut creator Thi Bui
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This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the seek for a better future and a eager for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her circle of relatives, Bui documents the story of her circle of relatives’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves.
 
On the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: Whilst adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she in the end discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. In spite of how inconceivable it kind of feels to take at the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of circle of relatives, 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 seek for a better future Whilst eager for a simpler past.

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