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.
##“afraid of my father,craving safety and comfort.i had no idea that the terror i felt was only the long shadow of his own.” “writing about my mother is harder for me—maybe because my image of her is too tied up with my opinion of myself.” “if i ever have a daughter,i’ll tell her to finish school and get a career before ever thinking about boys!”
評分##“afraid of my father,craving safety and comfort.i had no idea that the terror i felt was only the long shadow of his own.” “writing about my mother is harder for me—maybe because my image of her is too tied up with my opinion of myself.” “if i ever have a daughter,i’ll tell her to finish school and get a career before ever thinking about boys!”
評分##2021.11.20 讀的時候好幾次都眼眶濕潤。本質上探討的是如何做孩子、做父母、如何麵對自己的生命和與他人的聯結這樣的問題。而越南曆史的部分讓人心碎,然而我們的曆史中又有那麼多相似的地方。
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##“afraid of my father,craving safety and comfort.i had no idea that the terror i felt was only the long shadow of his own.” “writing about my mother is harder for me—maybe because my image of her is too tied up with my opinion of myself.” “if i ever have a daughter,i’ll tell her to finish school and get a career before ever thinking about boys!”
評分##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.
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
評分##越南移民傢族史 個人與傢庭 母女關係 紐帶/在kindle上看的 一直以為就是黑白的????而且字特小貼著屏幕看完的????Kindle什麼時候能調整繪本大小啊
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。
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