Excerpt from The Best We Could Do. Photo: Abrams Books and Thi Bui
My only complaint about Thi Bui’s debut graphic memoir, which tells the sweeping tale of her family’s lives in Vietnam and the United States, relates to its title. The Best We Could Do is a fine moniker, but the name of this breathtaking work’s sixth chapter would fit the entire book even better: “The Chessboard.” Bui’s story is constructed like one, with the various members of her immediate and extended family beginning in the same place but moving away from it erratically, in fits and
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/07/life-as-a-refugee-is-explored-in-the-stunning-comics-memoir-the-best-we-could-do/
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