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An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam from debut author Thi Bui.
This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. 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.
At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, 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 search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.
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##原諒原生傢庭的漫長過程 耐心，再耐心一點。他們到美國來的夢和期望 並不需要你去承擔 原諒他們的單純妄想 纔是原諒自己
評分##Beautiful
評分第一次被非母語的作品深深打動。一部越南移民的血淚史，事關救贖與存亡的傢族史，女性的個人迴憶錄。讓人不停心碎，又不斷治愈著人心。武漢大學齣版社鹿書計劃於今年齣版，我一定要譯好它。
評分##對 refugee 問題有瞭新認識。原來越南人到美加法的故事是這樣的。真·boat ppl
評分##忽然體會到瞭多書寫，多記錄個人親曆的曆史的意義。隻有一個版本的曆史，想來也與謊言無差瞭。
評分第一次被非母語的作品深深打動。一部越南移民的血淚史，事關救贖與存亡的傢族史，女性的個人迴憶錄。讓人不停心碎，又不斷治愈著人心。武漢大學齣版社鹿書計劃於今年齣版，我一定要譯好它。
評分##一開始因為時間綫亂跳覺得有點亂，之後重大曆史事件作用於個人及傢庭命運時就有沉重的感受瞭：二戰、土地改革、越南戰爭、北越政權建立等等，其實事件都是熟悉的，苦難也是早有預料的，隻是位置不同感受更加復雜。另外越南與朝鮮半島有某種類似的軌跡，更加覺得人的相同而非不同。
評分##Beautiful
評分##不是二代移民典型的身份認同作品。首一整章寫新生，messy而艱難。中間大部分是父母在越南的傢國曆史。在越南螻蟻求生，至齣走美國，隱約並置的是一條“重生”産道。末章落腳於生老病死，點題的“盡力而為”(存活)，是為父母的信條，亦是“幸存者”移民二代真正的文化遺産，刻在血肉裏的處世之道
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