On Earth we're briefly gorgeous a novel
(Large Print)
Author
Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, c2019., [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019].
Edition
1st. large print ed.
Physical Desc
368 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Fort Morgan Public Library - LARGE PRINT | LP FIC Vuong, O. | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Adult child abuse victims. -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Children of prostitutes -- Fiction.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction.
Discrimination -- Fiction.
Discrimination.
Epistolary fiction.
Gay fiction.
Large type books.
Mothers and sons
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Schizophrenics. -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Children of prostitutes -- Fiction.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction.
Discrimination -- Fiction.
Discrimination.
Epistolary fiction.
Gay fiction.
Large type books.
Mothers and sons
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Schizophrenics. -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, c2019., [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019].
Format
Large Print
Edition
1st. large print ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from web page.
Description
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.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vuong, O. (2019). On Earth we're briefly gorgeous: a novel (1st. large print ed.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vuong, Ocean, 1988-. 2019. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vuong, Ocean, 1988-. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel Random House Large Print, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vuong, Ocean. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel 1st. large print ed., Random House Large Print, 2019.
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