CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL Helene Chung - From Fruitshop to Foreign Correspondence (Australia / China)

CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL: Australian-born Chinese Helene Chung's autobiography, tracing her childhood in 1950's Tasmania to becoming the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and a foreign correspondent. This book is quite hard to find.

USED BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION: nice and clean and rarely read with only minor wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

PUBLISHER'S BLURB: Warning: Not to be read by convent girls not wearing their gloves. 'Ching Chong Chinaman' girls taunted Helene Chung in her Catholic school playground. An Australian-born Chinese growing up in 1950s Hobart, Helene not only dealt with being different from her blonde-haired, blue-eyed classmates but suffered the shame of having divorced parents. And she kept a shocking secret - her mother, Miss Henry, was a nude model, who also lived in sin with a foreign devil and drove a red MG. Surviving the embarrassment of childhood, Helene discovered the thrill of the theatre, fell into journalism and travelled the world. She became the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and the first female posted abroad by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL is filled with honesty, humour, love and loss, and gives insight into life that traverses cultures East and West.

Book Details

Code: SKU2046

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Large Paperback

Pages: 358

Published: 2008 by ABC Books, Australia

ISBN: 0733322913

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