What We All Long For

Dionne Brand

earliest edition we have, 2005 Vintage Canada, 2005 paperback 336 pages

Dionne Brand powerfully delves into uncharted aspects of urban life, the bittersweetness of youth, and secrets families try to hide. Tuyen is an aspiring artist and the daughter of Vietnamese parents who've never recovered from losing one of their children while in the rush to flee Vietnam in the 1970s. She rejects her immigrant family's hard-won lifestyle, and instead lives in a rundown apartment with friends—each o...

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What We All Long For hardcover · 2008 · Thomas Dunne Books · 336 pages · 9780312377717
What We All Long For hardcover · 2005 · Alfred A. Knopf Canada · 336 pages · 9780676971675
What We All Long For paperback · 2005 · Vintage Canada · 336 pages · 9780676976939

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