The most interesting aspect of The Best We Could Do was the relationship between Bố and Má. The clashing of two very different worlds from completely separate classes in Vietnam was striking: one, the daughter of a government official who grew up in Euro-centric environment speaking French, and the other, a poor villager who lived with some of his extended family speaking Vietnamese. One who had initially had a positive outlook on life and her career, the other conditioned to fear grown men and to seek protection by grown women. It seemed almost by fate that their worlds collided. How else was Bố able to meet his future wife at a relatively lucrative spot despite his poverty-stricken and troubled past, and for them to grow old with one another and raise four children? And not only that, but to have obstacles that could have easily caused separation (miscarriages, domestic disputes, periods of separation and isolation when attempting to immigrate to America). That, to me, is what give...