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After twelve years of tenuous coexistence

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He’s trying to sweep me off my feet now

Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Shafak and topics that may beOn 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