The Resource 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
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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The item 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 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- 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." - publisher website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "A memoir" - cover
- Isbn
- 9781742372389
- Label
- 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
- Title
- The happiest refugee
- Title remainder
- the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best-loved comedians
- Statement of responsibility
- Anh Do
- Title variation
- Happiest refugee
- Title variation remainder
- a memoir
- Subject
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- trueAustralia
- trueAustralian literature
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueComedians -- Australia -- Biography
- trueDo, Anh
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueImmigrants
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Performing arts | Entertainers and celebrities
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Refugees
- Refugees -- Australia -- Biography
- trueRefugees, Vietnamese -- Australia -- Biography
- Vietnamese Australians
- Vietnamese -- Australia -- Biography
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Comedy
- Language
- eng
- 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." - publisher website
- Award
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- Australian Book Industry Awards, Biography of the Year, 2011.
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year, 2011.
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2011.
- Nielsen BookData Australian Booksellers’ Choice Award, 2011.
- Awards note
- Australian Book Industry Awards 2011; fiction.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 377216
- Cataloging source
- QRML
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Do, Anh
- Dewey number
- 792.7028092
- Illustrations
-
- portraits
- plates
- photographs
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Do, Anh
- Vietnamese
- Comedians
- Refugees
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- 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
- Note
- "A memoir" - cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000045850522
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781742372389
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- plates, portraits, photographs
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)652310866
- Label
- 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
- Note
- "A memoir" - cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000045850522
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781742372389
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- plates, portraits, photographs
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)652310866
Subject
- trueAustralia
- trueAustralian literature
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueComedians -- Australia -- Biography
- trueDo, Anh
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueImmigrants
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Performing arts | Entertainers and celebrities
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Refugees
- Refugees -- Australia -- Biography
- trueRefugees, Vietnamese -- Australia -- Biography
- Vietnamese Australians
- Vietnamese -- Australia -- Biography
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Comedy
Genre
- trueLife stories
- trueBiography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Autobiographies
- trueArts and Entertainment
- trueAustralian literature
Included in
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Biography of the Year
- trueNielsen BookData Australian Booksellers' Choice Award
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Newcomer of the Year
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Book of the Year
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Awards
Awards of 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- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Biography of the Year, 2011.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year, 2011.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2011.
- Award
- Nielsen BookData Australian Booksellers’ Choice Award, 2011.
Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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