The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

"While the new Ken Burns documentary on the Vietnam War has received more attention this year, Thi Bui’s masterful graphic novel is required reading for anyone interested in that conflict, and in Vietnam itself. In this searing and soulful memoir, Bui examines her own family’s journey from Vietnam to the United States, using an unflinching lens to reveal the traumas that people carry – and sometimes pass on – long after wars end."