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Pick up a free copy of celebrated graphic memoir, "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui and find out about upcoming programs for Montclair Reads.
View a video statement by Thi Bui's about her illustrated memoir and hear from library staff about upcoming programs.
"An American Book Award winner, a National Book Critics Circle finalist in autobiography, and an Eisner Award finalist in reality-based comics, Bui’s memoir traces her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Việt Nam in the 1970s and their effort to build new lives for themselves in America. Bui documents parental sacrifice, excavates family histories, and grapples with the inherited struggles of displacement and diaspora. 'This memoir feels not just created but also deeply lived' (The Washington Post). 'A stunning work of reconstructed family and world history' (Booklist Online). 'Narratively intricate, intellectually fastidious, and visually stunning' (Vulture). Writes Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner and board member: 'A book to break your heart and heal it.'" --National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, arts.gov/neabigread
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