Alice Pung - 'You Don't See The Bigger Picture, Especially If Your World Is Small'

Alice Pung is an award-winning writer based in Melbourne. She is the bestselling author of the memoirs Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter, and the essay collection Close to Home, as well as the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. With the release of her new book 'One Hundred Days', Ben chatted with Alice about perspectives of youth, becoming a parent, combatting stereotypes within multiple contexts and more. Books mentioned in this podcast: Alice Pung - 'One Hundred Days': https://bit.ly/3uSwqPq Host: Ben Hunter Guest: Alice Pung Producer: Nick Wasiliev