Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung

• 31 augustus 2006
• 9781921825385

Samenvatting:

'Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.' -Amy Tan

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.

'Unpolished Gem is virtuoso storytelling.' - The Australian

'A memoir so vivid that images from it linger behind your eyelids.' - The Age