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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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##当时因为是比尔盖茨推荐书单，就去图书馆借来看了。漫画，读的很快。我没有那么特别喜欢，更喜欢同体裁的柬埔寨裔美籍的那个女作家的回忆录和华裔的那本the joy luck club
评分##2020读完的第一本书。表面是一个二代移民寻根的故事，核心则是思考父母与子女的关系。是什么塑造了我们的父母? 又是什么经过血脉传承了下来? 当我们为人父母时，又当如何面对这份遗产?
评分##一开始因为时间线乱跳觉得有点乱，之后重大历史事件作用于个人及家庭命运时就有沉重的感受了：二战、土地改革、越南战争、北越政权建立等等，其实事件都是熟悉的，苦难也是早有预料的，只是位置不同感受更加复杂。另外越南与朝鲜半岛有某种类似的轨迹，更加觉得人的相同而非不同。
评分##被大历史裹挟的家庭史和个人史。战争就像是书里爸爸的grandmother患上的肺结核，或多或少或浅或深地在爸爸的肺上刻下阴影，战争也是棋盘对决，只是我们每个人无力渺小到甚至算不上棋盘上的一兵一卒，只能被拍打和揉捏，被塑造成现在的样子。开篇新生儿的出生，使作者开始了解并重构越战史及其父母的成长史，他们的颠沛流离、悲欢离合和挣扎求生，直至理解父母执拗的性格，并体会家庭的意义，这个时候，总在声称没有准备好的作者，才是真正地成为了一个"grown—up"。最后的最后，新生儿长成了自由独立的十岁男孩，没有战争与缺失，甚至没有父亲或母亲的影子，我想这也许就是父母struggle的理由，以及作者寻求的答案了，也没有什么比这更好的了。
评分##原谅原生家庭的漫长过程 耐心，再耐心一点。他们到美国来的梦和期望 并不需要你去承担 原谅他们的单纯妄想 才是原谅自己
评分##忽然体会到了多书写，多记录个人亲历的历史的意义。只有一个版本的历史，想来也与谎言无差了。
评分##2021.11.20 读的时候好几次都眼眶湿润。本质上探讨的是如何做孩子、做父母、如何面对自己的生命和与他人的联结这样的问题。而越南历史的部分让人心碎，然而我们的历史中又有那么多相似的地方。
评分##This book bears an important subject matter and has very beautiful illustrations chronicling the author's family during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War as well as the sacrifices they have made in order to start a new life in another country. However, the problem of this book for me lays with the format, which is limiting and confusing.
评分##Beautiful
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