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Friday essay: ‘the magnitude of their love was extraordinary’ – how an elderly couple showed Alice Pung the power of a good story

By Alice Pung, Artist-in-Residence at Janet Clarke Hall and Adjunct Professor at RMIT, The University of Melbourne

In Alice Pung’s family, love was imbued with anxiety and fear. But in books, adults had reasoned discussions and talked to children as if their thoughts mattered.

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