ISBN: | 9781921825385 |
Publisher: | Black Inc. |
Published: | 1 September, 2006 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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‘Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.’ —Amy Tan This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream – Asian style. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head- first into schooling, romance and the getting of wisdom. Her mother becomes an Aussie battler – an outworker, that is. Her father embraces the miracle of franchising and opens an electrical-appliance store. And every day her grandmother blesses Father Government for giving old people money. Unpolished Gem is a book rich in comedy, a loving and irreverent portrait of a family, its everyday struggles and bittersweet triumphs. With it, Australian writing gains an unforgettable new voice. ‘Unpolished Gem is virtuoso storytelling.’ — The Australian ‘A memoir so vivid that images from it linger behind your eyelids.’ — The Age
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