On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
(Large Print)
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New York : Random House Large Print, [2019].
Edition
First large print edition.
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351 pages (large print) ; 21 cm
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Los Osos Library - Large Print Fiction
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2019].
Format
Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
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"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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, this book is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard."--Worldcat.org.
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