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Bring your lunch if you'd like and join the lively conversation about the library's monthly book choice. The title for April 17 is On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.

ABOUT THE BOOK

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 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--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.