Unpolished Gem: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me

Author:   Alice Pung
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780452290006


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   27 January 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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“Poignant, provocative, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, Pung’s rollicking tale of two worlds is not to be missed.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) After Alice Pung’s family fled to Australia from the killing fields of Cambodia, her father chose Alice as her name because he thought their new country was a Wonderland. In this lyrical, bittersweet debut memoir—already an award-winning bestseller when it was published in Australia—Alice grows up straddling two worlds, East and West, her insular family and the Australia outside. With wisdom beyond her years and a keen eye for comedy in everyday life, she writes of the trials of assimilation and cultural misunderstanding, and of the tender but fraught relationships between three generations of women trying to live the Australian dream without losing themselves. Unpolished Gem is a moving, vivid journey about identity and the ultimate search for acceptance and healing, delivered by a writer possessed of rare empathy, penetrating insight, and undeniable narrative gifts.

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Author:   Alice Pung
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Plume
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.266kg
ISBN:  

9780452290006


ISBN 10:   0452290007
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   27 January 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing. - <br>Amy Tan<br><br> This is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent book... There's something striking on every page. <br> -Helen Garner, author of Postcards from Surfers


aAlice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.a a <br>Amy Tan <br> aThis is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent booka] Thereas something striking on every page.a<br> aHelen Garner, author of Postcards from Surfers


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ALICE PUNG was born in Australia in 1981, one month after her parents migrated from Cambodia. She is now a Melbourne-based writer and lawyer.

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