Unpolished Gem Paperback / softback
by ALICE PUNG
Paperback / softback
Description
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. 'This is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent book.' Helen Garner 'A memoir so vivid that images from it linger behind your eyelids.' The Age 'Unpolished Gem is virtuoso storytelling.' The Australian
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Black Inc.
- Publication Date:28/08/2006
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- ISBN:9781863951586
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Black Inc.
- Publication Date:28/08/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781863951586