What We All Long For

What We All Long For

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Publisher's Synopsis

A multi-cultural infusion following a close circle of second-generation 20-somethings in downtown Toronto and the secrets they hide. Tuyen, a lesbian avant-garde artist and daughter of Vietnamese parents is in love with her best friend Carla, a bi-racial bicycle courier.Oku, a poet who unbeknownst to his Jamaican family has dropped out of college is tormented by unrequited love for Jackie, who runs a hip-hop store. Quy is Tuyen's long-lost brother, whose first person narrative describes the horror of Vietnamese refugee camps and his journey to Toronto change Tuyen's life.

Book information

ISBN: 9780312377717
Publisher: Macmillan US
Imprint: Griffin
Pub date:
Edition: Paperback original
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 318
Weight: 446g
Height: 210mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 23mm