Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen and Unwin, 2005
Annotation: Behind the Moon is a coming of age story centred on three young misfits who grew up together in the Sydney suburbs in the 90s, and their struggles to reconcile their families' traditions and expectations with their individual identities. Justin is an only child who bears all the pressure of meeting the expectations of his Chinese-Singaporean parents, Tien Ho who never knew her African American father and grew up without her Vietnamese mother, and Nigel Gibson (Gibbo), who hates sports and struggles to relate to his Australian parents. The friends drift apart with age but a dinner party held to commemorate the death of Princess Diana brings everyone back together for an ill-fated reunion. A Kirkus review finds that "the book embodies the immigrant experience ... and never loses its emotional intimacy."
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- Allen & Unwin (publisher)
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