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1529110688 
Paperback On Earth we're briefly gorgeous / Ocean Vuong
Year: 2020
Interest category: General fiction novels
Media class: Paperback
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Vintage, 2020
ISBN: 1529110688 9781529110685
Control number 1529110688
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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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The son uses the fact that he knows his mother will never read his letters so he is able to be as candid and honest as he needs to be. We learn many painful truths as shares his experiences, pains and first love. It's such a sad story told beautifully about being a child migrant not from any encounter with the police or authors but just the daily living with your "otherness".
31/03/21
1911214519 
Paperback 
Year: 2017
Language: English
Interest category: Literature
Media class: Paperback
Classification: 811.6
Content type: Poetry
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
79 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
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Hardback 
Year: 2019
Language: English
Interest category: General fiction novels
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
242 pages ; 23 cm (hbk)
Just about justify all the hype a nicely crafted book that addresses modern issues
09/08/19