书籍封面
书籍信息
- 作者：Thi Bui
- 出版时间：2018-4-17
- 定价：$12.18
- 页数：336
- ISBN：9781419718786
书籍介绍
Nationalbestseller
2017NationalBookCriticsCircle(NBCC)Finalist
ABAIndiesIntroduceWinter/Spring2017Selection
Barnes&NobleDiscoverGreatNewWritersSpring2017Selection
ALA2018NotableBooksSelection
Anintimateandpoignantgraphicnovelportrayingonefamily’sjourneyfromwar-tornVietnam,fromdebutauthorThiBui.
Thisbeautifullyillustratedandemotionalstoryisanevocativememoiraboutthesearchforabetterfutureandalongingforthepast.Exploringtheanguishofimmigrationandthelastingeffectsthatdisplacementhasonachildandherfamily,Buidocumentsthestoryofherfamily’sdaringescapeafterthefallofSouthVietnaminthe1970s,andthedifficultiestheyfacedbuildingnewlivesforthemselves.
AttheheartofBui’sstoryisauniversalstruggle:Whileadjustingtolifeasafirst-timemother,sheultimatelydiscoverswhatitmeanstobeaparent—theendlesssacrifices,theunnoticedgestures,andthedepthsofunspokenlove.Despitehowimpossibleitseemstotakeonthesimultaneousrolesofbothparentandchild,Buipushesthrough.Withhaunting,poeticwritingandbreathtakingart,sheexaminesthestrengthoffamily,theimportanceofidentity,andthemeaningofhome.
InwhatPulitzerPrize–winningnovelistVietThanhNguyencalls“abooktobreakyourheartandhealit,”TheBestWeCouldDobringstolifeThiBui’sjourneyofunderstanding,andprovidesinspirationtoallofthosewhosearchforabetterfuturewhilelongingforasimplerpast.
