Join us in the meeting room for an in-pers on book discussion.
\nSummary provided by the publisher:
\n"On Earth We&rsquo\;re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother wh o cannot read. Written when the speaker\, Little Dog\, is in his late twen ties\, the letter unearths a family&rsquo\;s history that began before he was born &mdash\; a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam &mdash\; 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 t he fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son\, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race\, class\, and masculinity. Ask ing questions central to our American moment\, immersed as we are in addic tion\, violence\, and trauma\, but undergirded by compassion and tendernes s\, On Earth We&rsquo\;re Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of t elling one&rsquo\;s own story as it is about the obliterating silence of n ot being heard."
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