HER FATHER’S DAUGHTER

Book ID/图书代码： 01899511B46523

English Summary/英文概要： Many enthusiastic readers of Alice Pung’s earlier memoir, Unpolished Gem, have been hungry for more from this virtuosic writer. In Her Father’s Daughter, the author expands on the relationship between her father (and mother) and herself, bringing to life the horrors of her parents’ struggle to survive the Pol Pot years in Cambodia, the wanton deprivation, brutality and genocide they witness all around them, and their gritty determination

to survive and to make a new and better life either at home or in a new country. Eventually making their way to Melbourne, they do just that, starting very small and tenaciously building a business that will eventually give the entire family security. His shattering experiences render Alice’s father incapable of cutting his daughter loose, of allowing her to make her own way in the world. Always protective, always expecting the worst for her whenever she is away from the family home, he cannot understand her desire to live away, to visit China and Cambodia, to explore her ethnic and cultural roots. That Alice achieved

her independence, travelled and practices law is testimony to a similar toughness to that of her father. This eloquent, economical memoir should reach a similar readership to that of Unpolished Gem: perhaps wider, with the power of its father-daughter focus.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 许多读过Alice Pung的早期回忆录《无光泽的宝石》的热心读者都一直渴望能读到更多这个艺术名家的作品。在《她父亲的女儿》一书中,作者扩展了她的父亲(母亲)和自己之间的关系,将她父母苦苦挣扎在柬埔寨的波尔布特年的恐惧、肆意掠夺、野蛮和种族灭绝等他们亲眼见证、发生在他们身边的生活，以及他们坚韧不拔的为了生存,为了能在在家里或者是在一个新的国家能有一个崭新的、更加美好的生活的决心展现在读者面前。最终他们踏上了去墨尔本的路,他们开始了一个非常小但是很顽强的生意,这个生意最终保证了整个家庭的安全。他令人震惊的经验使得爱丽丝的父亲无法减少对女儿的宽松,允许她使她自己的方式活在世界上。总是保护着她,只要她离开家他就会有最糟糕的想法。他无法理解她想要离开去参观中国和柬埔寨,探索她种族和文化根源的欲望。

爱丽丝实现了她的独立、她出去旅行，并做了一名法律，这些证实了她拥有和他父亲一样的韧性。这个动人的、简洁的回忆录应该达到一个与《无光泽的宝石》一样大的读者群:也许因为它的父亲—女儿这个中心要点，会获得更多的读者。(LNL)

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