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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.).

Summary: The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781419718779
  • ISBN: 1419718770
  • ISBN: 9781613129302 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1613129300 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 9781419718786
  • ISBN: 1419718789
  • Physical Description: print
    327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.

Contents / Notes

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.
Awards Note:
Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
Subject: Bui, Thi Comic books, strips, etc
Bui, Thi Comic books, strips, etc
Bui, Thi
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
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
Cartoons and comics
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Graphic novels
Refugees Biography
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, Vietnamese
Vietnamese Americans
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Nonfiction
SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration
Vietnamese Americans Comic books, strips, etc
Refugees United States Comic books, strips, etc
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, Vietnamese Comic books, strips, etc
Asian Americans
Refugees
Vietnamese Americans
United States
Asian Continental Ancestry Group history
Asian Americans history
Mother-Child Relations
Refugees
Genre: Autobiographical comics.
Graphic novels.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels -- U.S.A. -- 2017.
Graphic novels.
Autobiographical comics.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
History.
Nonfiction comics.
Autobiography.
Graphic Novels.
Personal Narratives.

Currently available copies

  • 32 out of 37 copies are currently available at PINES.

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  • 0 current holds on 37 total copies.
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Library System: Library Branch Name
Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status  
Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library
GRAPHIC NOVEL 973.0495 BUI ( Send Text)
31001003203453 GRAPHIC NOVEL Available
Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library
GRAPHIC NOVEL 973.0495 BUI ( Send Text)
31001004740180 GRAPHIC NOVEL Available
Athens Regional Library System:
      Bogart Library
GRAPHIC NOVEL 973.0495 BUI ( Send Text)
31001005152807 GRAPHIC NOVEL Available
Athens Regional Library System:
      Watkinsville/Oconee County Library
YA GRAPHIC B BUI ( Send Text)
31001003244085 YA Available
Catoosa County Library System:
      Catoosa County Library
YA BUI, THI ( Send Text)
31687002730971 YA GRAPHIC NOVELS Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Headquarters Library
973. 049 BUI, THI ( Send Text)
31012004851307 STACKS Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Northwest Branch
973.049 BUI, THI ( Send Text)
31012006111759 STACKS Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Riverdale Branch
973.049 BUI, THI ( Send Text)
31012005919871 STACKS Available
Conyers-Rockdale Library System:
      Nancy Guinn Memorial Library
GRAPHIC BUI_THI BES ( Send Text)
31015002914076 GRAPHICS Available
Dougherty County Public Library:
      Central Branch
GRAPHIC B BUI BUI, THI ( Send Text)
31018904049850 GRAPHIC NOVEL Available

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Related Resource: http://www.abramsbooks.com/thebestwecoulddo/

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