The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, Thi Buy graphic novels a budding writer infatuated with

a budding writer infatuated with the Great Books

refreshingly disarming voice

and his speaking to us in language as clear and honest and unadorned and unsentimental and uncompromising as his vision

Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life

and what he called ‘Double Consciousness

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, Thi Buy graphic novels a budding writer infatuated withNow in paperback, Thi Buis critically acclaimed and beautifully illustrated story of her familys journey from their war torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and family, Bui documents the difficulties immigrants face as they build new lives for themselves. At the heart of Buis story is a universal struggle: adjusting to life as a first time