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Unpolished Gem
by Alice Pung
4.5 stars rounded up to 5.
Reading this book made me feel some sort of connection between me and Alice Pung. After all, she has sent me a message before, 4 months ago:
You thought I was joking.
So yes, I have talked to her. But even more than that, she lived in the same area as me (she lived in Footscray while I live in Sunshine North, which are both of Melbourne's western suburbs and about a 20-minute drive away from each other), and in FACT, she went to the same school as me! (Well, actually, I'm not even sure if her campus was part of my school back then--there were two schools near each other and they thought it would be a good idea if they just merged into ONE school with two separate campuses, and the smaller campus would only have Year 7 to Year 9 girls, but I'm not sure if they merged before or after she went there... oh well, she still went to the same campus as me!) This just made me feel a stronger connection to her as I read this book, knowing she has seen the same places and encountered the same types of people as me.
This book was funny, down-to-earth, and intelligently written. Alice Pung is such a magnificent writer and I hope she comes out with more books, because she is one to watch out for.
Reading this book made me feel some sort of connection between me and Alice Pung. After all, she has sent me a message before, 4 months ago:
You thought I was joking.
So yes, I have talked to her. But even more than that, she lived in the same area as me (she lived in Footscray while I live in Sunshine North, which are both of Melbourne's western suburbs and about a 20-minute drive away from each other), and in FACT, she went to the same school as me! (Well, actually, I'm not even sure if her campus was part of my school back then--there were two schools near each other and they thought it would be a good idea if they just merged into ONE school with two separate campuses, and the smaller campus would only have Year 7 to Year 9 girls, but I'm not sure if they merged before or after she went there... oh well, she still went to the same campus as me!) This just made me feel a stronger connection to her as I read this book, knowing she has seen the same places and encountered the same types of people as me.
This book was funny, down-to-earth, and intelligently written. Alice Pung is such a magnificent writer and I hope she comes out with more books, because she is one to watch out for.