![]() ![]() Winner of the Australian Newcomer of the Year Award in the 2007 Australian Book Industry Awards With it, Australian writing gains an unforgettable new voice. Unpolished Gem is a book rich in comedy, a loving and irreverent portrait of a family, its everyday struggles and bittersweet triumphs. And every day her grandmother blesses Father Government for giving old people money. ![]() Her father embraces the miracle of franchising and opens an electrical-appliance store. Her mother becomes an Aussie battler - an outworker, that is. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head- first into schooling, romance and the getting of wisdom. In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream - Asian style. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. ![]()
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