Unpolished Gem - Alice Pung

Unpolished Gem

By: Alice Pung

Paperback | 1 August 2006 | Edition Number 1

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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.


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.
'This is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent book.' Helen Garner
'A memoir so vivid that images from it linger behind your eyelids.' The Age
'Unpolished Gem is virtuoso storytelling.' The Australian
Industry Reviews
?Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.? ?
Amy Tan

?This is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent book? There's something striking on every page.?
?Helen Garner, author of "Postcards from Surfers"
aAlice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.a a
Amy Tan
aThis is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent booka] Thereas something striking on every page.a
aHelen Garner, author of "Postcards from Surfers"

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