07/12/2026
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
The book group “Book Lites” at Norfolk UCC will discuss “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong on Sunday, July 12 at 11:30 a.m. Vuong was born in Vietnam and raised in Hartford where he attended Manchester Community College briefly before transferring to Pace University. He currently lives in Western MA.
The book has won many awards. It is semi-autobiographical and is written as a letter from the narrator to his illiterate mother looking at the family’s past in Vietnam and reflecting on the family’s current struggles with poverty in Hartford.
Location
Battell Chapel
Interests
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