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An incredible project, I am so admiring of this sort of memory work, where Pung makes sense of her childhood and family history with such deft and sensitively rendered narrative tension. The environments and experiences were so vivid I forgot I am not really a Chinese migrant.
I can't believe Pung hasn't been more widely accoladed for her work, hers is a stunning talent. ...more
I can't believe Pung hasn't been more widely accoladed for her work, hers is a stunning talent. ...more
When I first started reading this book, I thought that there was so much I could relate with growing up Asian and living in Australia. But then I found Alice really quite annoying towards the end of this book when she talks about her relationship with the Anglo Aussie guy she starts dating. I just want to tell her to get over it, being Asian doesn't mean that it needs to get in the way of living your life. It obviously wasn't an issue with that guy and he went out of his way to adjust to the "As
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A delightful read about the trials and tribulations of a Chinese/Cambodian migrant family settling into a new way of life in Australia. Alice was named by her father as he hoped this new country would be a wonderland for his first child. Alice had the expectations of her family upon her to do well in school and go to university. At times so was so racked with anxiety she did not think she would be able to meet their expectations and would let them down. Her father became a successful business ow
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Again Audiobook format and well read. I have come to love Alice's humorous style of writing and how well it reads for me. Often we do not consider how it is to transition but this was very enjoyable
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very funny book - great read
A wonderful memoir of an immigrant Chinese family and the stuggles of a girl living in Melbourne and trying to be Australian as well as sticking to Chinese traditions. A great insight and also very funny and entertaining
Mar 25, 2012
Lauren
marked it as tbr-longlist
Aug 11, 2012
Robyn
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Sep 30, 2013
Cornelia
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Carly Bowden
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Dec 11, 2015
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