Her Father’s Daughter
| By: | Alice Pung |
| Publisher: | Black Inc |
| Print ISBN: | 9781863955904 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781921870897 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood- leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads- the love and worry of her parents, who want more than anything to keep her from harm. Her father fears for her safety to an extraordinary degree - but why?
As she digs further into her father's story, Alice embarks on a journey of painful discovery- of memories lost and found, of her own fears for the future, of history and how it echoes down the years. Set in Melbourne, China and Cambodia, Her Father's Daughter captures a father-daughter relationship in a moving and astonishingly powerful way.
Winner of the non-fiction prize in the 2011 WA Premier's Book Awards
Shortlisted for the non-fiction prize in the 2012 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the 2012 Queensland Literary Awards
'Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.' Amy Tan
'A beautiful exploration of father-daughter relationships.' Vogue
'Remarkably tender and thoughtful.' The Sunday Age
'Pung has an extraordinary story to tell and the finesse to bring it, most movingly, to the page.' The Monthly