On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
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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 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." --
"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 amother 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." --
"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 amother 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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- 30 of 43 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
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| Ardsley Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31000151228577 |
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| Bedford Free Library | FIC VUO (Text) Fiction |
31002150821170 |
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| Bedford Hills Free Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31003151519037 |
Checked out 04/22/2024 |
| Briarcliff Manor Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31036150878285 |
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| Bronxville Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31004151707184 |
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| Bronxville Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31004151762353 |
Checked out 04/24/2024 |
| Chappaqua Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31005153447729 |
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| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31007151359054 |
Checked out 04/26/2024 |
| Eastchester Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31008152370991 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31009154634020 |
Checked out 04/26/2024 |
| Greenburgh Public Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31009154634046 |
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| Harrison Public Library | VUONG, O (Text) Fiction |
31010300187160 |
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| Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31011151386307 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | VUONG, OCEAN (Text) Fiction |
31016151718128 |
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| Irvington Public Library | FIC VUONG, O (Text) Fiction |
31012154449563 |
Checked out 04/22/2024 |
| John C. Hart Memorial Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31030154887228 |
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| Katonah Village Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31013151827678 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31014152806497 |
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| Lewisboro Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31032151377047 |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31015152419793 |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31015152550423 |
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| Mount Kisco Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31017151955108 |
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| Mount Pleasant Public Library | FIC VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31024153617363 |
Checked out 04/20/2024 |
| Mount Vernon Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31018155266948 |
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| North Castle Public Library | FIC VUO (Text) Fiction |
31001152021748 |
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| Ossining Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31021153253074 |
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| Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31025152415048 |
Checked out 04/27/2024 |
| Pound Ridge Library District | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31026151000336 |
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| Ruth Keeler Memorial Library | F VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31020150758382 |
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| Rye Free Reading Room | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31028153090067 |
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| Scarsdale Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31029154192829 |
Checked out 04/24/2024 |
| Somers Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31031151853239 |
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| The Field Library | VUONG, O. (Text) Fiction |
31022152123912 |
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| The Field Library | VUONG, O. (Text) Fiction |
31022152328958 |
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| Town of Pelham Public Library | VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31023151231961 |
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| Tuckahoe Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31034170128724 |
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| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544209907393 |
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| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544209957778 |
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| White Plains Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31544209957786 |
Checked out 05/01/2024 |
| Yonkers Crestwood Library | FIC VUONG (Text) New Paperback |
31035608022603 |
Checked out 04/20/2024 |
| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31035604021120 |
Checked out 05/07/2024 |
| Yonkers Riverfront Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31035600024326 |
Checked out 04/27/2024 |
| Yonkers Riverfront Library | FIC Vuong (Text) Fiction |
31035162144942 |
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