Unpolished gem
Pung, Alice2006
Book
Original and brave, this is a girl's own story that introduces an unforgettable voice and captures the experience of Asian immigrants to Australia. 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. This 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.
Main title:
Unpolished gem / Alice Pung.
Author:
Pung, Alice, author
Work:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Black Inc., 2006.©2006
Collation:
282 pages ; 21 cm
Series title:
ISBN:
9781863951586 (paperback)
Dewey class:
305.8950945092920.72
Language:
English
Subject:
Pung, AliceChildren of immigrants -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- BiographyAsians -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- BiographyAsians -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Social life and customsChinese -- Australia -- Social life and customsCambodians -- Australia -- Social life and customsAustralia -- Ethnic relationsAutobiographies
BRN:
172534