On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

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Bookseller Review by Elle

A visceral and stunningly written piece of prose – artful, lyrical, and beautiful. ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ packs an emotional punch: touching on culture, identity, and sexuality. Ultimately, however, it is an incredibly real-feeling coming of age story with a beautiful and tender mother and son relationship at its centre.

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‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born – a history whose epicentre is rooted in Vietnam – and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity.

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