Author | Wayson Choy |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Doubleday Canada |
Publication date | 2004 |
Publication place | Canada (Vancouver) |
ISBN | 978-0-385-25777-0 |
OCLC | 57697176 |
Preceded by | The 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]