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Material Type
Comic Book/Graphic Novel
Author
Bui, Thi,
Publication Info.
New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
Publication Info.
©2017

Details

Description
327 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Graphic novels lcgft
Contents
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
"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
Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017
American Book Award, 2018.
Note
"National Book Critics Circle Award finalist"--Cover.
Subject
Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugees -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Asian Americans -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Mother and child.
Cartoons and comics.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Asian -- history
Asian -- history
Mother-Child Relations
Vietnam Conflict
Refugees
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Nonfiction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Bui, Thi.
Medicine.
Asian Americans.
Refugees.
Vietnamese Americans.
United States.
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Chronological Term
1961-1975
Genre/Form
Graphic novels.
Graphic novels.
Autobiography
Graphic Novel
Personal Narrative
Popular Work
Biographical comics.
Autobiographical comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
History.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Graphic novels.
Biographical comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Other Form:
Online version: Bui, Thi. Best we could do (OCoLC)1225612553
ISBN
9781419718779 (hardcover)
1419718770 (hardcover)
9781419718786 (paperback)
1419718789 (paperback)