This book that my friend Trish is reading, is a MUST READ for me!! (Eventually, lol). I'm so excited!! A book about Toronto written by a Toronto Author on a subject I'm so interested and passionate about!!! Who's the author and what's the subject? You'll find out soon! This is a GREAT find! And would you believe? Trish didn't want me to do a post on her book, because she thinks her review of it doesn't do the book justice. KMT! Good thing I asked her for everything I needed before I told her I was going to do a post! Lol.
What We All Long For - By Dionne Brand
In the words of Trish -
"Its about four friends who are joined together by family circumstances. The parents of one of the four came from Vietnam and had lost a son on the journey, during the war, and are still sorrowful. The book shows that people struggle, immigrants coming into Canada struggle with their own identity, with what has been placed upon them by the society that they have now come to live with. They struggle to preserve the culture that they had, living how they once lived. It talks about us as humans, how we long for acceptance, we long to be free from biases and stereotypes placed upon us from society and even family members."
- That's an excellent review in my opinion.
One of Trish' favourite parts from the book:
(transcribed from a voice note)
"Richmondhill is a sprawling suburb outside of the city. It is one of the suburbs where immigrants go to get away from other immigrants, but of course they end up living with all the other immigrants running away from themselves. Or at least running away from the self they think is weak, helpless, unsuitable, and always in some kind of trouble. They hate that self that keeps showing attention, the one that can't fit in because of colour or language, or both. And they think that moving to a suburb will somehow eradicate that person once and for all. And after all the humiliations of being that self, after they've worked hard enough at two or three jobs and saved enough by crowding their families in small dorm rooms, cobbled together enough credit: immigrants flee to rangy, look alike, desolate suburbs like Richmondhill, where the houses give them a sense of space and distance from the troubled image of themselves."
SCREAM!!!!
Excellent review Trish!!!
I MUST have and read and keep this book!!!!
I looooooooove it already!!!!!
Yummm!
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