7 DISCS. Running time: 8 hours. 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 headfirst 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.
Growing Up Asian in Australia
Growing Up Asian In Australia
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it l... Buy or find out more →
Unpolished Gem
$26.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
7 DISCS. Running time: 8 hours. 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 ... Buy or find out more →
The Home Song Stories
$0.00 – Digital video disc / Madman
Tom (DARREN YAP), a Chinese Australian man in his early forties, writes about his childhood. We see the story unfold as he does. It is 1964. Tom's mother, Rose Hong (JOAN CHEN), a beautiful and glamorous Shanghai nightcl... Buy or find out more →
Girls Night In: 4
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
Once more the editors have scoured the globe for A-list talent, and Girls' Night In 4 is jam-packed with exciting new stories that carry on the humour and warmth of the previous titles.
Girls' Night In 4 is another wonde... Buy or find out more →
Alice Pung
Her Father's Daughter
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
Read our Q&A with Alice Pung about Her Father's Daughter.
From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Unpolished Gem.
At twenty-something, Alice is hungry for the milestones of young womanhood: leaving home, choosi... Buy or find out more →
Unpolished Gem (Unabridged Audio)
$49.95 – Compact disc / Louis Braille Audio
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. Ar... Buy or find out more →
Growing Up Asian In Australia
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it l... Buy or find out more →
Unpolished Gem
$26.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
7 DISCS. Running time: 8 hours. 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 ... Buy or find out more →