boobooks 's review for:

Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung

5.0

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I’ve read the stories (fictional and non-fictional) of migrants to Australia before, but mostly from the Italian or Greek perspective, not from that of the more recent Asian migrants. This is Alice Pung’s account of her parents journey from Cambodia, as refugees and how they made life in Australia, and how she grows up somewhere in the middle. Although this is nothing like my story, I somehow seemed to relate to her.

I found her account very personal, especially in the final chapters, and I found myself feeling really grateful to her for sharing so much with the reader. I enjoyed it immensly.