Bibliograph

Unpolished gem, Alice Pung

Type

Label

Unpolished gem, Alice Pung

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unpolished gem

Responsibility statement

Alice Pung

Summary

"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 unforgett- able voice and captures the experience of Asian immigrants to Australia

Target audience

adult

Creator