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Unpolished gem / Alice Pung.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Melbourne : Black Inc., c2006.Description: 282 p ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781863951586
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8950945092 PU UN
Online resources: Summary: "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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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 305.8950945092 PU UN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0035718

"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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