I used to have this line I saved and brought out for grant applications and writers festivals that having been Jane Eyre Anna Karenina and Esther Greenwood all my life my writing was an opportunity for the reader to have to be me.Irreverent witty and wise But the Girl is a comingofage story about not wanting to leave your family behindGirl was born on the very day her parents and grandmother immigrated from Malaysia to Australia. The story goes that her mother held on tight to her pelvic muscles in an effort to gift her the privilege of an Australian passport. But its hard to be the embodiment of all your familys hopes and dreams especially in a country thats hostile to your very existence.When Girl receives a scholarship to travel to the UK she is finally free for the first time.