![]() ![]() Má's mother was an imperious socialite who was emotionally withholding and physically abusive towards her children.Bố's father beat his mother and eventually him after announcing his departure. ![]() It was published in 2017.Ī new mother, Thi traces her immediate family history, including that of her mother Hằng ("Má") and father Nam ("Bố"), older sisters Lân and Bích, and younger brother Tâm, from before their departure from South Vietnam after the war into the present day. The Best We Could Do is a graphic novel memoir by Vietnamese-American author and illustrator Thi Bui. And that if I could see Vietnam as a real place, and not a symbol of something lost, I would see my parents as real people, and learn to love them better." "If I bridged the gap between the past and the present, I could fill the void between my parents and myself. ![]()
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