We will discuss Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous a novel written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his Vietnamese mother who cannot read. Written when the narrator, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born, from a history rooted in Vietnam. The letter serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation.

Copies of the book will be available for check out at the reference desk.