The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Preorder Bertram realizes that being true

Bertram realizes that being true to himself is more important than playing the role others ascribe to him

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The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Preorder Bertram realizes that being trueOcean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive One late summer evening in the post industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen year old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take