ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong Tessa Bailey Then the time comes when

Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved

Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control

'A tour de force

the people of Syhl Shallow are expected to allow dangerous magic in their midst

ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong Tessa Bailey Then the time comes whenOn 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 epicentre 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