Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung

Unpolished Gem
Format
Audio
Publisher
Bolinda Publishing
Country
Australia
Published
1 May 2012
ISBN
9781743112991

Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung

‘This story does not begin on a boat.’

So commences Alice Pung’s memoir. This is an original take on a classic story - how a child of immigrants moves between two cultures. In place of piety and predictability, however, Unpolished Gem offers a vivid and ironic sense of both worlds. It combines the story of Pung’s life growing up in suburban Footscray with the inherited stories of the women in her family - stories of madness, survival and heartbreak.

Original and brave, this is a girl’s own story that introduces an unforgettable voice and captures the experience of Asian immigrants to Australia.

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