{"product_id":"unpolished-gem","title":"UNPOLISHED GEM","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs8130CDB{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;} .cs47DB3EB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:italic;Segoe UI;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .csDF76FDB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs8130CDB\"\u003eThe twentieth-anniversary edition of a modern Australian classic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs47DB3EB\"\u003eUnpolished Gem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e is a book rich in comedy, a loving and irreverent portrait of a family, its everyday struggles and bittersweet triumphs. This special twentieth-anniversary edition, with an afterword by the author, brings this Australian classic to a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books N Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49967399993584,"sku":"9781760645762","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1855\/5830\/files\/9781760645762_1.jpg?v=1783054017","url":"https:\/\/booksngifts.com.au\/products\/unpolished-gem","provider":"Books N Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}