It took Thi Bui years to piece together the full experiences of her Vietnamese mother and father before she was born, and dissatisfied with a scrapbook memoir she settled on comics as the ideal method of preserving their stories in an accessible format.īô and Má grew up in the 1940s and 1950s, and what was considered normal and acceptable during times of hardship in Vietnam (then Indochina) is horrifying and tragic. The starting point emphasises continuation, the latest arrival in a family that’s experienced considerable upheaval over the decades, and one where communication is difficult.
Anyone used to horror in comics may still have their stomach turned by an opening sequence in which the author describes her experience of childbirth, complete with the Doctor’s cold rendition of the possible consequences of avoiding a Caesarian intervention.
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