On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
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. 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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Subject |
Vietnamese Americans > Fiction. Mothers and sons > Fiction. |
Genre |
Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780525562023
- Physical Description 246 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
Additional Information
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