What We All Long For
Paperback Published on: 08/01/2009
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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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Macmillan US
- ISBN: 9780312377717
- Number of pages: 318
- Dimensions: 210 x 141 x 23 mm
- Weight: 446g
- Languages: English
