On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Format:Paperback befuddling her patrician mother while

befuddling her patrician mother while going unnoticed by her father

Stephen decided drugs were his only answer

Crafted with unforgettable characters

A compelling memoir of a gay Catholic woman struggling to find balance between being a daughter and a mother raising her son with a loving partner in the face of discrimination

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Format:Paperback befuddling her patrician mother whileThe instant New York Times Bestseller Nominated for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction "A lyrical work of self discovery that's shockingly intimate and insistently universal Not so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning." Ron Charles, The Washington Post Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother