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Unpolished Gem : My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me

by Alice Pung
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Essence of the book: Straddling two cultures for acceptance and healing.

Recommendation: Unpolished Gem is an emotionally moving memoir that beautifully describes the struggles of assimilating into a new culture while preserving the traditions of one's own. The strong bond between three generations of women is portrayed exceptionally by the author and the intergenerational cultural differences are presented with great empathy and understanding. Anyone who wants to explore themes of belonging, culture, and identity will find this memoir an absolute delight to read.

  • Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction (2007)
  • Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Newcomer and Nominee for Biography (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Unpolished Gem : My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me

by Alice Pung
$13.00
Compare to estimated retail price: S$25.07  

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ISBN: 9780452290006
Authors: Alice Pung
Publisher: Plume
Date of Publication: 2009-01-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Biography Memoir, Autobiography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.61
(rated by 2587 readers)

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“Poignant, provocative, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, Pung’s rollicking tale of two worlds is not to be missed.”— Kirkus Reviews  (starred review)After Alice Pung’s family fled to Australia from the killing fields of Cambodia, her father chose Alice as her name because he thought their new country was a Wonderland. In this lyrical, bittersweet debut memoir—already an award-winning bestseller when it was published in Australia—Alice grows up straddling two worlds, East and West, her insular family and the Australia outside. With wisdom beyond her years and a keen eye for comedy in everyday life, she writes of the trials of assimilation and cultural misunderstanding, and of the tender but fraught relationships between three generations of women trying to live the Australian dream without losing themselves.Unpolished Gem is a moving, vivid journey about identity and the ultimate search for acceptance and healing, delivered by a writer possessed of rare empathy, penetrating insight, and undeniable narrative gifts.
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Essence of the book: Straddling two cultures for acceptance and healing.

Recommendation: Unpolished Gem is an emotionally moving memoir that beautifully describes the struggles of assimilating into a new culture while preserving the traditions of one's own. The strong bond between three generations of women is portrayed exceptionally by the author and the intergenerational cultural differences are presented with great empathy and understanding. Anyone who wants to explore themes of belonging, culture, and identity will find this memoir an absolute delight to read.

  • Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction (2007)
  • Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Newcomer and Nominee for Biography (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.