Its a searching book, particularly when it comes to matters of the heart.
YetOn Earthis anything but bleak.
It is transporting, mysterious, wise: He was white.
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In the dark, our facts lit us up and our acts pinned us down.
Depictions of poverty, queerness, and the immigrant experience are vivid, exacting, and humane.
Same goes forOn Earthas a whole.
This book is no ordinary novel.
That means leaving behind not just her steady government job but her five-year-old daughter, Tru.
But New York, when she finally arrives, loves her even less.
