Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung, Melissa Chambers

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Bolinda
01 May 2012

Autobiography: general; Humanities

'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.

By: Alice Pung
Read by: Melissa Chambers
Imprint: Bolinda
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 190g
ISBN: 9781743112991
ISBN 10: 1743112998
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Unpolished Gem

There's something striking on every page of Unpolished Gem. -- Helen Garner, award-winning author of The Spare Room Pung has a seductive way with language, an eye for telling detail and a gift for comic dialogue. -- Australian Book Review ... an intelligent and touching insight into the culture-hopping that so many first-generation Australians undertake. -- The Herald Sun