What We All Long for

by Dionne Brand

Book Overview

Gripping at times, heartrending at others, What We All Long For is an ode to a generation of longing and identity, and to the rhythms and pulses of a city and its burgeoning, questioning youth. Dionne... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0676971679
• ISBN13: 9780676971675
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A poignant effort

Dionne Brand takes the youth of Toronto and brings them to vivid life in this novel about several twenty-somethings living in the city and the way their lives do - and do not - meet. I felt the main characters to be well-developed and interesting, though some of the secondary characters could have had a bit more depth to them. The motifs of youthfulness, race, and what it is to live in a city were brought to bear skillfully, as was the over-arching theme of longing. All in all, I enjoyed this book.

Fabulously written

The complexity of the characters and how every story intertwines so beautifully kept me absolutely riveted to this book! The ending took a somewhat unexpected, yet full-circle turn; making me leave the book feeling both closure, and wondering what would happen next. I dreamt about these characters for days afterwards.The fact that it was based in Toronto was a bonus too. Nice to recognize the places described.