![]() ![]() Many things come to mind when Americans think of the Vietnam War. “I really wanted to do what they did,” she says, “weave the personal and the political and the historical to tell a story of the Vietnam War and all the things that caused it, in a way that I felt like I hadn’t seen before.” In an interview with NPR, Bui explained she was inspired to write The Best We Could Do because of graphic memoirs such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus, about the Holocaust, and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, about growing up during Iran’s Islamic Revolution. ![]() The graphic novel also explores Bui’s personal struggle to overcome trauma and emotionally connect with her parents. Cartoonist Thi Bui’s debut graphic novel, and winner of the American Book Award in 2018, The Best We Could Do (2017) provides an intimate look into her family’s journey escaping war-torn Vietnam to start their new lives in America. ![]()
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