The Resource The best we could do : an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui
The best we could do : an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui
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The item The best we could do : an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Swedenborg Library, Bryn Athyn College.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The best we could do : an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Swedenborg Library, Bryn Athyn College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- 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
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 327 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781419718786
- Label
- The best we could do : an illustrated memoir
- Title
- The best we could do
- Title remainder
- an illustrated memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Thi Bui
- Subject
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- Asian Americans -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Asian Americans -- history
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group -- history
- Autobiographical comics
- Autobiography
- Biographical comics
- Bui, Thi
- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Comic books, strips, etc
- 1961-1975
- Graphic Novel
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels -- U.S.A. -- 2017
- History
- Medicine
- Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mother-Child Relations
- Nonfiction comics
- Personal Narrative
- Refugees
- Refugees
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography | Comic books, strips, etc
- United States
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives | Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnamese Americans
- Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Asian Americans
- Language
- eng
- 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
- "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 note
- Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bui, Thi
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E184.V53
- LC item number
- B85 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bui, Thi
- Refugees
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Asian Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
- Medicine
- Cartoons and comics
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group
- Asian Americans
- Mother-Child Relations
- Refugees
- Bui, Thi
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Medicine
- Asian Americans
- Refugees
- Vietnamese Americans
- United States
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- The best we could do : an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn947796066
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9781419718786
- Lccn
- 2016940170
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027764714
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)947796066
- Label
- The best we could do : an illustrated memoir, Thi Bui
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn947796066
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9781419718786
- Lccn
- 2016940170
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027764714
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)947796066
Subject
- Asian Americans -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Asian Americans -- history
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group -- history
- Autobiographical comics
- Autobiography
- Biographical comics
- Bui, Thi
- Bui, Thi -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Comic books, strips, etc
- 1961-1975
- Graphic Novel
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels
- Graphic novels -- U.S.A. -- 2017
- History
- Medicine
- Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mother-Child Relations
- Nonfiction comics
- Personal Narrative
- Refugees
- Refugees
- Refugees -- United States -- Biography | Comic books, strips, etc
- United States
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives | Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnamese Americans
- Vietnamese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Asian Americans
Genre
- Biography
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic Novel
- Graphic novels
- Biographical comics
- Nonfiction comics
- Personal Narrative
- Personal narratives
- Autobiography
- Autobiographical comics
- History
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