**Welcome to another "Coffee to Cover", a series of events by Bangkok Book Club.** Join us at Treehouse Café on **Sunday** 11th January 2026 for coffee and brunch whilst we discuss On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.

This is a safe space to express your thoughts and interpretations, all while making connections with fellow bookworms. Whether you're a seasoned literary critic or a casual reader, everyone's voice matters.

Discussions will be led by John and Harriet and will take place in smaller, intimate groups, which will create a welcoming environment for all of our guests. Due to this, we will be **limiting the sign-ups to 18 people**. If you're NOT on the list because it's too full please just message us to say you're coming - it'll likely be fine, but we do need to know!

If you have a copy of the book that you have finished and would like to sell on/give to other readers, please share on the discussion below :)

See you there!

**Here's the description from [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41880609-on-earth-we-re-briefly-gorgeous):**
*On 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 single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, *On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous* is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard.

With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.

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John

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