On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lili Wilkinson What began as a playful

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

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along with the urge to push them away

she turned to face who she really was

and he was always so kind to her

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lili Wilkinson What began as a playfulOn 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