The happiest refugee : the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best-loved comedians / Anh Do.
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TextPublisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: vii, 229 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits. ; 24 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742372389 (paperback); 1742372384; 9781742379302; 1742379303Other title: Happiest refugee : a memoirSubject(s): Do, Anh | Do, Anh | Do, Anh | Refugees, Vietnamese -- Australia -- Biography | Happiness -- Popular works | Comedians | Refugees | Refugees -- Australia -- Biography | Comedians -- Australia -- Biography | AustraliaGenre/Form: Biography | Biography. | Biography DDC classification: 792.7028092 LOC classification: PN2287 | .D6 2010Awards: Australian Book Industry Awards 2011; fiction.Summary: Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. This book tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring life story of one of our favourite personalities. Tragedy, humour, heartache and unswerving determination - a big life with big dreams. Anh's story will move and amuse all who read it.
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"A memoir"--Cover.
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. This book tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring life story of one of our favourite personalities. Tragedy, humour, heartache and unswerving determination - a big life with big dreams. Anh's story will move and amuse all who read it.
Australian Book Industry Awards 2011; fiction.
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