Thi Bui
Born: 01-01-1975
Thi Bui is a Vietnamese-American author and illustrator best known for her graphic memoir "The Best We Could Do." Born in Saigon, she immigrated to the United States as a child following the Vietnam War. Her work poignantly explores themes of family, immigration, and identity. A San Francisco-based educator, Bui has also contributed to various anthologies, using her art and storytelling to illuminate personal and collective histories.
Book summaries for books written by Thi Bui
Quotes
I learned that home is not just the place where you were born, but the place where you become yourself.
Memory is a choice. But we can't choose not to make one.
There's a difference between remembering and seeing.
In the end, it's not necessarily a happy ending. It's just the place where the story stops.
My mother was not just a mom - she was a person. And I realize how little I know her.
There's so much of my mother I don't know. I didn't know.
There are no such things as true stories, just stories.
To write is to try to understand.
Refugees are just people, no different from anyone else.
Children have a way of seeing things as they are that adults cannot. It's a gift.
We try to pass on the best of what we've learned, but we also can't help but pass on our pain.
We must be brave and tell our stories, and also listen to the stories of others.