On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong's intense and distinctive voice is captivating as he weaves through the emotions of each character. The reader is taken on a journey of mixed emotions, love and betrayal, hope and despair. The novel is set in Vietnam during the American War where the protagonist Bao Le experiences a strictly Vietnamese upbringing, she learns to be an outsider amongst other Vietnamese kids. Through this narration, the reader is taken on a ride of war and peace as Bao Le finds herself entangled in family politics.

A book about success, layered with grit and heartbreak, about ambition, survival, and tenacity. A beautiful coming-of-age story with a universal theme: "We are not the same, but we have to be."

'Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is an engaging, immersive experience. It is a story about queer black Vietnam War veterans, the ghosts of their pasts, and the terrors of their present. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous has you on the edge of your seat as 'Briefly Gorgeous' navigates his life in a very unique way.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is an intricately composed narrative about family, adolescent love, and the life's work.

This is a difficult book. It's about a young Vietnamese-American boy from the south side of St. Louis who falls in love with a white classmate at school and struggles, as all teenagers struggle, to reconcile his two cultures. The narrator, Ocean Vuong, does an excellent job of making you feel for his characters in their isolation, loneliness, and need for connection.

This is a story of love and resilience and the ways they shape a family. When you read it, you will know all about the things that come to pass, but you won't know what's going to happen next and you won't care because you'll be swept up in Ocean Vuong's beautiful words and Milagros' questions. You will experience everything with them--the joys, heartbreaks, triumphs, defeats.