2/7 Saturday Morning Book Discussion: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Saturday, February 7 @ 10:30 AM—11:30 AM
Join us for our Saturday Morning Book Discussion every first Saturday of the month! This month we are reading On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.
“Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original – poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling. 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”
Pick up a copy at the Reference Desk!