Unpolished Gem

A session for students studying Unpolished Gem as a text in secondary school – either for English, literature, social and environmental studies or history, or any other related subject. An in-depth look at the book and its stories, from the author Alice Pung.

Topics:

• Identity and Belonging
• Migration
• Assimilation
• Gender relations and the ‘double standard’
• Growing up in a Chinese Cambodian family
• Pressure to succeed at school
• Use of humour in writing
• Knowing one’s roots