Ocean Vuong
Author
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CSL - AAPI Books
CSL - Banned or Challenged Books
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - LGBTQ Book Club sets
CSL - Banned or Challenged Books
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - LGBTQ Book Club sets
Description
10 books, 1 discussion guide, 6 week checkout. SUMMARY : 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 epicenter 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....