One Hundred Days

“A glorious song of a novel [that] can be savoured by young and old ... Pung changes our perceptions and sympathies, building characters with depth and complexity... At its core, this is an uplifting story of a woman defining her own life, knowing that she will give her child the freedom to do the same.” — The Saturday Paper (Australia)
“A legit masterpiece. Funny in all the right places, sob-inducing at the end.” — Benjamin Law, author of The Family Law and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East 

“At the core of Pung’s work is a fearless emotional honesty and unapologetic exploration of what it means to be human.” — SBS Voices (Australia)
“One Hundred Days tells a story about growing up, discovering the difference between love and control, and taking responsibility. I loved the details: they spoke of a whole world. How I admired this young, determined protagonist. The book is wonderful; I read it all in one sitting.” — Sofie Laguna, author of One Foot Wrong, The Eye of the Sheep, The Choke, and Infinite Splendours 

“Stunning.... One Hundred Days is Pung’s best work so far, but know that it will break your heart ... It’s here to challenge our perceptions of love, family and culture. It’s here to pull on our heartstrings and have us turn each page faster and faster, desperate to know the ending.” — Arts Hub (Australia)
“One Hundred Days is the tale of mothers and daughters the world over – the relationships we navigate, the weight of our histories, and how, no matter the fractures life throws between us, our daughters will always hum us home. Pung’s characters are so real, I could feel them in the room. There is no word out of place, no sentence that doesn’t sing with poetry. This is truly fiction at its fiercest. It is a masterpiece, a triumph – Pung’s greatest work yet.”  — Maxime Beniba Clark, author of Foreign Soil and The Hate Race
“One Hundred Days is, at heart, a deeply hopeful novel.” — Kill Your Darlings (Australia)
“What is astounding about One Hundred Days is that, while fearlessly honest about the damage family members can inflict on one another, it is also full of forgiveness and harmony and grace. Pung’s discernment and command as a writer is astonishing, elating. I adore this book.” — Christos Tsioklas, author of Damascus, Merciless Gods, and The Slap
“One Hundred Days can be an uncomfortable read...but Pung’s writing is also infused with humour, warmth and an understanding of what it is to be both mother and daughter.” — Australian Book Review
“I devoured this book – a beautiful, funny, rude, deeply moving story.” — Virginia Trioli, author of Generation F
“A deceptively simple plot under which bubbles the latent power of raw emotional need and complicated love. Pung’s writing is liltingly lovely; every word careful and considered.” — Reading Monthly (Australia)
“Written with Pung’s characteristic verve and attention to detail and dialogue...it offers provocative treatment of the dynamics of control and uneasy acquiescence, of the working-class poor, of cross-cultural relationships, teen pregnancy and second-generation migrants.”  — The Age (Australia)
“A thoughtful, finely observed book” — The West Australian
“A compelling portrayal of the teetering movement from girl to woman ... A modern fairytale for and about those who live in housing commission flats, for those who don’t feel they are worth anything, those who feel like they don’t count.”  — Sydney Review of Books (Australia)