![]() ![]() It may have been meant as a way to distance authors from comic books. Like using the work film instead of movie in order to show how sophisticated you are. Some consider the term an unnecessary separator that takes away from the legitimacy of comics. There are some in my field of study who don’t like the term. In between those two lines of text lay a story of immigration that spans continents, wars, and generations.īefore talking directly about The Best We Could Do I want to take a moment and talk about the graphic novel as a form. She now teaches and lives in Berkley, CA with her husband, son and her mother. Thi Bui, according to the book jacket, was a child when she and her family immigrated from Vietnam to America. That sense of veiled motived, self delusion, and search for clarity is what this book brings with a gentle beauty that I found … almost painful to read. That kind of clarity is nearly impossible for me to glean from my own psyche. I can clearly see when my friend is making a HUGE mistake or when my kids are being so prideful that it is going to come back and bite them in the butt. I am always more clear about other people’s motives than I am about my own. I don’t think of myself as a sentimental reader although there is a good chance that I am. ![]()
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