Unpolished gem: my mother, my grandmother and me by Alice Pung

Plume publishing 2009

ISBN:  9780452290006

Beautifully written, this is the story of a families journey and a young girls personal search for identity between two cultures.  Alice tells of her double life between home and school and although she wasn’t born in Cambodia,  she writes about episodes of life in Cambodia and Vietnam.  Alice combines the story of growing up in Footscray with the traditional tales told by her mother and grandmother in a funny and witty manner.