![]() ![]() Your browser does not support the audio element. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. 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.Īt 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. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. ![]()
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The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. ![]() "Warm, immediate and intensely personal."― New York Times And a Winter's Most Anticipated Book by Vanity Fair and The Week Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by Buzzfeed, Nylon, The A. ![]() ![]() When you come into the auditorium, you know the play has something to do with driving because there is a street running up the middle of the stage background and standing lamps that appear to be reminiscent of street lamps. Such is the complex nature of the play, masterfully glued together by director Marjorie Sokoloff’s steady hand. 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