On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousA New York Times bestseller Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "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 "This is one of the

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A frantic attempt to save a young man’s life spurs three generations of the Owens women

As these searches intersect

burning with the fires of hope

a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s

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accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar

it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death—in Tembi Locke’s case

Refer to the canon of 100 essential recipes—and dozens of variations—to put the lessons into practice and make bright

as her coach

offering paths to treatment

he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions