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	Growing Up Asian in Australia by Alice Pung (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sunil Badami (Contributor), Amy Choi (Contributor) 3.65 avg rating — 1,239 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Letters: Reviving The Lost Art of Correspondence by Marieke Hardy (Editor), Michaela McGuire (Editor), Shalini Akhil (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home 3.40 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bollywood Beauty 3.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls' Night In 4 (Girls' Night In, #4) by Jessica Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maggie Alderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Imogen Edwards-Jones (Editor) 3.15 avg rating — 40 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Mother Would Be Proud: True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure by Tamara Sheward (Editor), Jenny Valentish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shalini Akhil (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandma magic by Janet Hutchinson (Editor), Shalini Akhil (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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