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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Brazilian Music You mustn't hurt yourself likeThe bestselling debut novel from the T. S Eliot prize winning prodigy. This 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. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future. It serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known: episodes