Queer Book Group: On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous 17th November 2pm
For the Final Book Group of 2024 we will be reading a contemporary classic: Ocean Vuong's On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous.
This is 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. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future.
And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known - episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion - all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.
'Reminded me that every word can be an incantation, and that beauty does hard and important work' Rebecca Solnit
This is some of the most moving writing I've read… The tenderness of the prose feels like a triumph against a world hellbent on embittering the tenderhearted… the truths arrived at in this book are valuable precisely because they are steeped in feeling.
New York Times
Your ticket includes:
A Copy of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous (to collect from the shop)
Access to the Group on Sunday 17th November at 2pm
Tea and Biscuits!
If you would like your book to be posted, please select the postage option.
For the Final Book Group of 2024 we will be reading a contemporary classic: Ocean Vuong's On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous.
This is 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. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future.
And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known - episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion - all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.
'Reminded me that every word can be an incantation, and that beauty does hard and important work' Rebecca Solnit
This is some of the most moving writing I've read… The tenderness of the prose feels like a triumph against a world hellbent on embittering the tenderhearted… the truths arrived at in this book are valuable precisely because they are steeped in feeling.
New York Times
Your ticket includes:
A Copy of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous (to collect from the shop)
Access to the Group on Sunday 17th November at 2pm
Tea and Biscuits!
If you would like your book to be posted, please select the postage option.
For the Final Book Group of 2024 we will be reading a contemporary classic: Ocean Vuong's On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous.
This is 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. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future.
And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known - episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion - all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.
'Reminded me that every word can be an incantation, and that beauty does hard and important work' Rebecca Solnit
This is some of the most moving writing I've read… The tenderness of the prose feels like a triumph against a world hellbent on embittering the tenderhearted… the truths arrived at in this book are valuable precisely because they are steeped in feeling.
New York Times
Your ticket includes:
A Copy of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous (to collect from the shop)
Access to the Group on Sunday 17th November at 2pm
Tea and Biscuits!
If you would like your book to be posted, please select the postage option.