It's 1983 . . . and Marly is just trying to fit in at Sunshine Primary School. But being a refugee from Vietnam doesn't make things easy, and when Marly's cousins come to stay and end up at the same school, her friends make fun of them. How can Marly stay loyal to her cousins and keep her school friends as well?
Meet Marly and join in her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a daring girl torn between two worlds.
Alice Pung is a writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in Melbourne.
She is the author of Unpolished Gem, Her Father’s Daughter and Laurinda and the editor of the anthology Growing Up Asian in Australia.
Alice’s work has appeared in the Monthly, Good Weekend, the Age, The Best Australian Stories and Meanjin.
Alice lives with her husband at Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne, where she is currently the Artist in Residence.
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