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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
Thi Bui does a wonderful presentation of her family and their family journey. I loved how she showed how her parents' past influenced how she grew up. The drawings suited the story, and I especially found the pictures from the refugee camp touching. I have been to Vietnam, and the drawings capture the essence well. Vietnam is a place where it really becomes apparent that there are multiple facets to a story, or in this case history. One person's liberation is another person's loss, and the winner write history.
All in all, well worth the read.
All in all, well worth the read.
I finished this book in one day. I really wish I could give it more stars. As an Asian-American, there are very few books that speak to my soul such as this book did. Beautifully written and beautifully drawn, it is such wonderful memoir, laced with history and raw emotions.
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emotional
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reflective
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Five big full glorious stars. I would give it even more if I could. I love the cover blurb by novelist Viet Than Nguyen, “A book to break your heart and heal it.” ❤️
Excellent, thoughtful graphic novel about a country I love but also about being a family wherever you are
I thought this was about refugees, and it is, but it’s also about becoming a mom and what we pass on. I really felt this, even reading it on a phone, and I bet it would have even more impact as a physical books
An educational memoir. I've never read a book from mid-century Vietnam told from the point of view of a Vietnamese person. Glad to have amended that.
Really well done.
Really well done.