· Pung’s debut novel follows Lucy Lam, a girl who gets a scholarship to attend Laurinda, a private girls’ school. Lucy’s parents are Chinese-Vietnamese refugees, her mother works from home sewing clothes and her father works at a www.doorway.ru: The Lifted Brow. · Laurinda is Alice Pung's first fiction novel and features a teenage girl, Lucy Lam, who is awarded the inaugural 'Equal Access' scholarship to the exclusive Laurinda Ladies College. Lucy is the daughter of Chinese/Vietnamese 'boat' immigrants who live in a 'povvo' area of suburban Australia/5. · Laurinda by Alice Pung My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a novel about the intersection of class and race in Australia, a country that prides itself on the notion of 'the fair go'. It begins compliantly enough: the protagonist, Lucy Lam, is successful in her application for Author: Kirsty Leishman.
It is with this quote that author, Alice Pung, begins the story of 15 year old, Lucy Lam, resident of the 'povvo' suburb of Stanley, daughter of Vietnamese boat people and the inaugural recipient of the equal access scholarship to the exclusive girls' private school, Laurinda Ladies College. Vonnegut's right about high school. Laurinda by Alice Pung. Reviewed by Athina Clarke. 27 Oct Let me first declare that this novel was like a time machine that shot me straight back to my own years in middle secondary school. On one level Laurinda is about a young girl's struggle for identity and belonging, but it quickly deepens into a candid and powerful exploration of. Laurinda. Laurinda by Alice Pung (Black Inc) PB RRP $ ISBN Reviewed by Dianne Bates. When I heard Alice Pung talking on radio about her life, she was so interesting and articulate and amusing that I knew I had to buy this, her latest book. However, the novel is an enigma to me. For a start, Black Inc is known for publishing.
Free download or read online Laurinda pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in November , and was written by Alice Pung. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this young adult, contemporary story are. Alice Pung: Book Format: Paperback: Original Title: Laurinda: Number Of Pages: pages: First Published in: November Latest Edition: November Language: English: Awards: The Inky Awards Nominee for Gold Inky (), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Fiction (), The Stella Prize Nominee for Longlist () Generes. Laurinda is Alice Pung's first fiction novel and features a teenage girl, Lucy Lam, who is awarded the inaugural 'Equal Access' scholarship to the exclusive Laurinda Ladies College. Lucy is the daughter of Chinese/Vietnamese 'boat' immigrants who live in a 'povvo' area of suburban Australia.
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