Unpolished Gem

by Alice Pung

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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...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781863951586
  • Publish Date 28 August 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country AU
  • Imprint Black Inc.
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Pages 288
  • Language English