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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Format:Paperback Skye's trying her hardest toThe 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