On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel historical fiction Wendell had the willpower to

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the middle sister

Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Awards

personal poems contemplate fatherhood

Maddy did it

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel historical fiction Wendell had the willpower to*ships in 7 10 business days* On Earth Were 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 familys 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