My PlaceIn 1982 Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started out as a tentative search for information about her family, turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage. My Placebeings with the experiences of Sally's own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds. It is a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn, finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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... Arthur was concerned . Nan's comments had hit close to home and she knew it . He'd told her about a part of his land that he kept uncleared so the wildlife could prosper in peace , now she was using this confidence against him . ' I'm ...
... Arthur was concerned . Nan's comments had hit close to home and she knew it . He'd told her about a part of his land that he kept uncleared so the wildlife could prosper in peace , now she was using this confidence against him . ' I'm ...
Page 263
... Arthur off his farm , yet ? ' He went on and on , talkin ' to my neighbour about how two white men can easily get rid of one black man . My neighbour never said a word , he just let him ramble on , then he said , ' You're talkin ' to ...
... Arthur off his farm , yet ? ' He went on and on , talkin ' to my neighbour about how two white men can easily get rid of one black man . My neighbour never said a word , he just let him ramble on , then he said , ' You're talkin ' to ...
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... Arthur saw her , he thought she was beautiful . I think he was jealous , he wanted her to belong to him . Strange , isn't it , at one time I was goin ' to live with Arthur . It was before I had Gladdie , they said they didn't want me ...
... Arthur saw her , he thought she was beautiful . I think he was jealous , he wanted her to belong to him . Strange , isn't it , at one time I was goin ' to live with Arthur . It was before I had Gladdie , they said they didn't want me ...
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