On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Format:Paperback drugs and rock & roll

drugs and rock & roll are his sustenance

A compelling memoir of a gay Catholic woman struggling to find balance between being a daughter and a mother raising her son with a loving partner in the face of discrimination

Stephen decided drugs were his only answer

befuddling her patrician mother while going unnoticed by her father

I Promise captures with love and honesty the intimate moments of parenting in all their messy glory -- from dealing with a kid who doesn't want to brush their teeth to looking under the bed for monsters to cuddling after a long day

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Format:Paperback drugs and rock & rollThe 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