All That Matters (novel)

All That Matters
AuthorWayson Choy
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDoubleday Canada
Publication date
2004
Publication placeCanada (Vancouver)
ISBN978-0-385-25777-0
OCLC57697176
Preceded byThe Jade Peony 

All That Matters is a novel by Wayson Choy. First published in 2004 by Doubleday Canada, it is the sequel to his debut novel, The Jade Peony (1995), and was nominated for the Giller Prize.[1]

Set in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the 1930s and 1940s, All That Matters follow the lives of the Chen family, this time through the experiences of Kiam-Kim, the First Son and Oldest Brother of Jook-Liang, Jung-Sum, and Sek-Lung, whose childhood and adolescence in a strict but caring Chinatown family. The story runs parallel to the events related in The Jade Peony.[1]

  1. ^ a b "All That Matters". Bukowski Agency. Retrieved 25 July 2013.