All Day Is A Long Time

All Day Is a Long Time is a raw, semi-autobiographical fiction novel that follows David, a fourteen-year-old who becomes addicted to crack cocaine and spends the next decade battling his addiction. The novel is set on Florida's Gulf Coast and is a powerful account of what it takes to return from the brink and reclaim the world around us.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

This is raw, semi-autobiographical fiction at its most painfully honest. Observer. Brilliant, lyrical, hilarious, heartbreaking. Cristina García. David is only fourteen when he first tries crack cocaine. He is instantly hooked, and spends the next decade fighting his way out of jail and rehab. Though he reaches a tenuous sobriety, it is only when he takes a literature class at the local community college that something within him ignites.

Set on Florida's Gulf Coast, All Day Is a Long Time is a spectacular account of what it takes to return from the brink to the world around us. In this unforgettable debut, David Sanchez demonstrates the importance of hope, and the redemptive power of the written word.

A wonder, an important, essential new voice. Justin Torres.

Weight: 186g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529367898