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Preface and Chapters 1-2

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Bui, Thi. The Best We Could Do. Abram ComicArts, 2018. Print.

• The preface explains the genesis and long process that author and artist Thi Bui went through in order for The Best We Could Do to be published in its current incarnation.

• She explains that the seeds of the book began as a mixed media oral history project for graduate school before she decided to develop it into a graphic novel.

• As she worked on the manuscript, the topic of the book grew from being about only the immigrant and refugee experience to revolving around the relationships between parents and their children as well.

• The preface begins.

• The preface is dated July, 2016.

• Thi Bui explains that the “seeds of this book were planted in 2002” (1).

• She began to record her parents talking about...

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