{"product_id":"unpolished-gem-by-alice-pung-9781760645762","title":"Unpolished Gem","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twentieth-anniversary edition of a modern Australian classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream - Asian style. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head-first into schooling, romance and the getting of wisdom. Her mother becomes an Aussie battler - an outworker, that is. Her father embraces the miracle of franchising and opens an electrical-appliance store. And every day her grandmother blesses Father Government for giving old people money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnpolished Gem\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a sophisticated and fiercely intelligent book.\u003c\/em\u003e – Helen Garner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA memoir so vivid that images from it linger behind your eyelids.\u003c\/em\u003e – The Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnpolished Gem\u003c\/em\u003e is virtuoso storytelling.\u003c\/em\u003e – The Australian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418159726828,"sku":"9781760645762","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71oSCPL6WWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774323917","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/unpolished-gem-by-alice-pung-9781760645762","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}