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Unpolished Gem
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: Portobello Books
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Unpolished Gem written by Alice Pung and has been published by Portobello Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with Social Science categories.
With a home-grown accent and an imported heritage, Alice Pung grew up straddling two worlds. By the time she was born, her family had already made the perilous journey from revolutionary China and the killing fields of Cambodia to their new home in a prosperous Australian suburb. But even as Alice dives head-first into life in the only country she's ever known, she also understands her father's wonder at the magical workings of escalators, her grandmother's fervent blessings for the generosity of Father Government, and her mother's determination to toil every hour of the day and night. Warm-spirited and wonderfully wise, Unpolished Gem is a vibrant, irreverent portrait of the foreigner's fumbles, the everyday successes and the bittersweet bonds that hold one small family together in a big new country.
Unpolished Gem
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Unpolished Gem written by Alice Pung and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Asians categories.
Alice Pung S Unpolished Gem
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Author : Ruth Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Alice Pung S Unpolished Gem written by Ruth Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Growing Up Asian In Australia
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2015-01-29
Growing Up Asian In Australia written by Alice Pung and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-29 with Literary Collections categories.
Asian - Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award - winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is here in all its steaming glory - but listen more closely to the dinner - table chatter and you might be surprised by what you hear. Here are tales of leaving home, falling in love, coming out and finding one's feet. A young Cindy Pan vows to win every single category of Nobel Prize. Tony Ayres blows a kiss to a skinhead and lives to tell the tale. Benjamin Law has a close encounter with some angry Australian fauna, and Kylie Kwong makes a moving pilgrimage to her great - grandfather's Chinese village. Here are well - known authors and exciting new voices, spanning several generations and drawn from all over Australia. In sharing their stories, they show us what it is really like to grow up Asian, and Australian. Contributors include: Shaun Tan, Jason Yat - Sen Li, John So, Annette Shun Wah, Quan Yeomans, Jenny Kee, Anh Do, Khoa Do, Caroline Tran and many more.
Laurinda
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Release Date : 2016-06-16
Laurinda written by Alice Pung and has been published by ReadHowYouWant this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with categories.
Winner of the Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult's Literature at the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards When my dad dropped us off at the front gate, the first things I saw were the rose garden spreading out on either side of the main driveway and the enormous sign in iron cursive letters spelling out LAURINDA. No ''Ladies College'' after it, of course; the name was meant to speak for itself. Laurinda is an exclusive school for girls. At its secret core is the Cabinet, a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates - and some of their teachers. Entering this world of wealth and secrets is Lucy Lam, a scholarship girl with sharp eyes and a shaky sense of self. As she watches the Cabinet at work, and is courted by them, Lucy finds herself in a battle for her identity and integrity. Funny, feisty and moving, Laurinda explores Lucy's struggle to stay true to herself as she finds her way in a new world of privilege and opportunity.
One Hundred Days
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2021-06-01
One Hundred Days written by Alice Pung and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Fiction categories.
From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother-daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control. Shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award One hundred days. It's no time at all, she tells me. But she's not the one waiting. In a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, sixteen-year-old Karuna falls pregnant. Not on purpose, but not entirely by accident, either. Incensed, Karuna's mother, already over-protective, confines her to their fourteenth-storey housing-commission flat, to keep her safe from the outside world - and make sure she can't get into any more trouble. Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date draws ever closer, the question of who will get to raise the baby - who it will call Mum - festers between them. One Hundred Days is a fractured fairytale exploring the fault lines between love and control. At times tense and claustrophobic, it is nevertheless brimming with humour, warmth and character. It is a magnificent new work from one of Australia's most celebrated writers. 'The tale of mothers and daughters the world over, this is truly fiction at its fiercest. It is a masterpiece, a triumph.' --Maxine Beneba Clarke 'Pung's command as a writer is astonishing, elating. I adore this book.'--Christos Tsiolkas 'One Hundred Days will break your heart and, in the masterful hands of Alice Pung, put it back together. This is a moving, page-turning, emotional rollercoaster of a novel filled with searing observations, humor, and compassion. I absolutely loved it.' --Tracey Lien 'Subtle, difficult, lovely, and gorgeously written.' --Kirkus
Close To Home
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2018-10-29
Close To Home written by Alice Pung and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-29 with Literary Collections categories.
A brilliant collection from one of Australia's leading writers Close to Home brings together Alice Pung’s most loved writing, on topics such as migration, family, art, belonging and identity. Warm, funny, moving and unfailingly honest, this is Alice at her best – an irresistible pleasure for fans and new readers alike. In 2006, Alice Pung published Unpolished Gem, her award-winning memoir of growing up Chinese-Australian in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Since then, she has written on everything from the role of grandparents to the corrosive effects of racism; from the importance of literature to the legacy of her parents’ migration from Cambodia as asylum seekers. In all of this, a central idea is home: how the places we live and the connections we form shape who we become, and what homecoming can mean to those who build their lives in Australia. ‘Most people have an idea of home as a place of comfort and safety. But it is more than that. Your home is a place where your suffering can take shelter.’ —Alice Pung ‘A beautiful book brimming with rich thoughts and intimate details ... Pung’s writing celebrates who we are, where we’ve come from and the shape of things to come. ★★★★★.’ —The AU Review ‘A warm, wide-ranging selection ... Pung’s writing is crisp and colourful.’ —The Age ‘Mixes vivid personal stories with a sharply nuanced examination of Australia’s knotty, turbulent race history.’ —The Weekend Australian ‘Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.’ —Amy Tan
Lucy And Linh
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: Legend Press Ltd
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Lucy And Linh written by Alice Pung and has been published by Legend Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Laurinda is an exclusive school for girls. At its secret core is the Cabinet, a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates - and some of their teachers. Entering this world of wealth and secrets is Lucy Lam, a scholarship girl with sharp eyes and a shaky sense of self.
On John Marsden
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Author : Alice Pung
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2017-10-02
On John Marsden written by Alice Pung and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
I keep coming back to John Marsden. What makes him so fascinating to me is that he approaches writing for young adults with a whole philosophy of what it means to be a teenager – a philosophy that’s embedded in the two schools he runs, but also in his early experiences with mental illness and hospitalisation. His perspective raises interesting questions about YA fiction – how much darkness is allowed, before you are considered a “bad influence”? An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences – the much-loved and hugely successful writer John Marsden. In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work. Published by Black Inc. in association with the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria. Alice Pung is an award-winning writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in Melbourne. She is the bestselling author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter and the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
An Unpolished Gem
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Author : Tonya Adolfson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-05
An Unpolished Gem written by Tonya Adolfson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05 with Fiction categories.
Alexander Angloume, King of Mervolingia, reached out to touch the face of the woman he loved. This woman was the future of his kingdom, the one to bring to bear against his enemies the greatest army in the world. It didn't hurt that he'd loved her for a decade, or that he'd longed for her since their last night together. It didn't matter that she had left a life with him out of a sense of duty to her family. It didn't matter that she saved a traitor to the crown and gave him sanctuary on her ship. All that mattered was kissing her, holding her, making love to her and keeping her by his side that night. Anything to stop her from finding out what he'd done.