Alice Pung
Ok, UL world, I have a confession to make...ready? I am...a book cover judger. Yes, I will pick up a classic, and few new books on the block but I can't leave the library (yes library, I'm a student on a budget) without a random selection that simply caught my eye. With this being my tv-free week, (I encourage you all to try it sometime) I picked up this striking orange beauty and flipped to the back.
A quick glance and I learn about a family fleeing the Cambodian killing fields in search of the Australian dream. Wow, Oz, I've been there, never heard anyone call it the "Australian dream" though. I better read on. So I opened the intro and found:
"In 1980, my father, mother, grandmother, and Auntie Kieu arrived in Australia by airplane. They arrived with one suitcase. There was nothing in the suitcase, and the only person who was carrying a heavy load was my mother, because she was eight months pregnant with me."
I don't know about you, but I was intrigued. I was all the more inspired when I saw that the author is a young 28 and her story about being a second-generation immigrant is garnering much acclaim. Check it out.
~Melissa
And just a quick survey, am I the only one who judges books by their covers?
1 comment:
Not at all! I do the same thing with book covers myself :) Sometimes, you can't resist a book with that one image that resonates with you. And other times true gems are found in the plainest wrapping :)
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