On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lili Wilkinson along with the urge to

along with the urge to push them away

What began as a playful romance soon turns into a complicated web of lies

a world-leading transplant surgeon

People come to Italy for love and gelato

Trees wither at the roots

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lili Wilkinson along with the urge toOn 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