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.
Alice Pung is a writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in
Melbourne. Born a month after her Chinese parents fled from
Cambodia to Australia as asylum seekers from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge
Regime, Alice has used her shared family's experiences to write
stories that captivate all readers.
She has won numerous awards including the 2007 Newcomer of the Year
Award in the Australia Book Industry Awards for her first book
Unpolished Gem. Her next book Her Father's Daughter won the Western
Australia Premier's Book Award for Non Fiction, and it was also
shortlisted for the Premier's Literary Awards in Victoria and New
South Wales, and nominated also in the Queensland Literary Awards.
Laurinda, Alice's first novel, was published in 2014 and was one of
Readings' Top 100 bestselling books for the year. She is writing
four books around the character Marly for Penguin's Our Australian
Girl series.
Alice's writing has appeared in many notable publications including
the Monthly, the Age, Meanjin, Best Australian Stories and Best
Australian Essays. Alice edited Growing Up Asian in Australia, a
collection of personal accounts, essays, short stories and poetry
which is currently a set text for the VCE English context on
Identity and Belonging.
Alice lives with her husband at Janet Clarke Hall at the University
of Melbourne, where she is currently the Artist in Residence.
http-//www.alicepung.com
?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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