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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... Billy's unhappiness at school never spilled over into recess and lunchtime . He was the kind of boy other boys looked up to , so he was never short of a pal . Billy was the image of Dad and , when it came to mateship , exactly like him ...
... Billy's unhappiness at school never spilled over into recess and lunchtime . He was the kind of boy other boys looked up to , so he was never short of a pal . Billy was the image of Dad and , when it came to mateship , exactly like him ...
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... Billy was now the man of the house . This came as a great surprise to me , because Billy was only six years old . But Billy took Mum's Man Of The House thing very seriously . For example , whenever anything broke down , he insisted that ...
... Billy was now the man of the house . This came as a great surprise to me , because Billy was only six years old . But Billy took Mum's Man Of The House thing very seriously . For example , whenever anything broke down , he insisted that ...
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... Billy and Dolly had told us to call in and visit Billy Moses at Twelve - mile , just out of Hedland . We were all exhausted by this stage , but we didn't want to miss out on anything , so we gathered together the last remnants of our ...
... Billy and Dolly had told us to call in and visit Billy Moses at Twelve - mile , just out of Hedland . We were all exhausted by this stage , but we didn't want to miss out on anything , so we gathered together the last remnants of our ...
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