She beings to trace back history through the birth stories of each of her parents’ children, including two babies who died. After a trip to Vietnam in her twenties, she begins researching her family history and asks her parents about their lives in Vietnam. Thi was only a few years old at the time and has few memories of her native country.Īs an adult, Thi wants to be more emotionally close to her parents. Her younger brother was born in a Malaysian refugee camp not long after the family escaped Vietnam. She, her parents, and her elder siblings were all born in Vietnam and fled the country by boat, coming to the United States as refugees in the 1970s. Thi then introduces her family: her mother, Ma, her father Bo, her older sisters Lan and Bich, and her younger brother Tam. It also gives her a strong sense of empathy for her own mother. Giving birth to her son prompts her to reflect on the nature of family. The story begins in 2005 when Thi Bui is in labor in a New York City hospital. The Best We Could Do a memoir, presented in a graphic novel format. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Bui, Thi.
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