Her Father's Daughter

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>At twenty-something Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood- leaving home choosing a career finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads- the love and worry of her parents who want more than anything to keep her from harm. Her father fears for her safety to an extraordinary degree - but why?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>As she digs further into her father's story Alice embarks on a journey of painful discovery- of memories lost and found of her own fears for the future of history and how it echoes down the years. Set in Melbourne China and Cambodia </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Her Father's Daughter </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>captures a father-daughter relationship in a moving and astonishingly powerful way.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Winner of the non-fiction prize in the 2011 WA Premier's Book Awards</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Shortlisted for the non-fiction prize in the 2012 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the 2012 Queensland Literary Awards</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>' Amy Tan</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'A beautiful exploration of father-daughter relationships.' </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>Vogue</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'Remarkably tender and thoughtful.' </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>The Sunday Age</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'Pung has an extraordinary story to tell and the finesse to bring it most movingly to the page.' </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>The Monthly</em></strong></p>