What We All Long For

The book ‘What We All Long For’ is written by Dionne Brand. ‘What We All Long For’ is a novel, the story is about four friends in their early to mid-20s living in Toronto. In the story, the character’s are Tuyen, a queer woman and daughter of Vietnamese refugees; Carla, a straight woman who lost her mother to suicide; Oku, a young black poet; and Jackie, a young black woman who owns a boutique. The book analyzes their struggles with identity, love, and loss.