Title The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.

Publication Info.	New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
	©2017

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Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	GRAPHIC BUI	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY BUI	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	GRAPHIC NOVEL BIOG. BUI, T.	Check Shelf
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	GRAPHIC NOVEL BIOG. BUI, T.	Storage
Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department	GRAPHIC B BUI	Check Shelf
Burlington Public Library - Teen	GRAPHIC YB BUI	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	GRAPHIC NONFICTION BIO BUI	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	GRAPHIC NOVEL BIO BUI	Check Shelf
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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.
	Asians -- history (DNLM)D044466Q000266
	Asian Americans -- history (DNLM)D001213Q000266
	Mother-Child Relations (DNLM)D009034
	Vietnam Conflict (DNLM)D047829
	Refugees (DNLM)D012036
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
	COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Nonfiction.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
	Bui, Thi. (OCoLC)fst01990559
	Medicine. (OCoLC)fst01014893
	Asian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00818620
	Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
	Vietnamese Americans. (OCoLC)fst01166663
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Vietnam War (1961-1975) (OCoLC)fst01431664
Chronological Term	1961-1975
Genre/Form	Graphic novels.
	Graphic novels.
	Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
	Graphic Novel (DNLM)D000068036
	Personal Narrative (DNLM)D062210
	Popular Work (DNLM)D020496
	Biographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921595
	Autobiographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921583
	Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
	Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Nonfiction comics. (OCoLC)fst01921721
	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)

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