She opens buried memories, stories that were hidden in her and her family’s hearts, and confronts memories that have caused agony to her family.
To tell her own story, Thi embarks on a research trail following her parents’ lives and how they ended up in America. She recalls episodes from her childhood and the various traumas she faced being a child of parents who themselves were traumatized by their experiences of war and immigration. The story follows Thi’s narrative of her life in chronological order. The raw emotions of this beautiful moment are meticulously represented through the illustrations. The novel begins in the hospital, showing the emotional scene of Thi giving birth.
The graphic novel The Best We Could Do has been praised by the Pulitzer Prize- winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen as, “a book to break your heart and heal it.” Indeed, this National bestseller is a beautifully illustrated memoir describing the life of a Vietnamese immigrant Thi Bui. Get ready to take your heart on your emotional roller coaster.
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