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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Page 47
... Helen and David , the babies of the family , to bed in the back of the van . I was so envious . I complained strongly to Mum , ' It's not fair ! They have all the adventures . Why can't I sleep in the van ? ' ' Oh , don't be silly ...
... Helen and David , the babies of the family , to bed in the back of the van . I was so envious . I complained strongly to Mum , ' It's not fair ! They have all the adventures . Why can't I sleep in the van ? ' ' Oh , don't be silly ...
Page 385
... Helen's just come home in tears , she's in her room . You'd better go and see her . ' Mum and I rushed into Helen's room . Jill took all the children into the lounge room and involved them in a game of snakes and ladders . Helen sat on ...
... Helen's just come home in tears , she's in her room . You'd better go and see her . ' Mum and I rushed into Helen's room . Jill took all the children into the lounge room and involved them in a game of snakes and ladders . Helen sat on ...
Page 392
... Helen , she has to work there . ' ' No one's going to treat my grandmother like that ! ' ' I bet they don't do that to white people , ' Nan said . ' What are you doing ? ' Mum asked as I walked to the phone . ' I'm ringing the bastards ...
... Helen , she has to work there . ' ' No one's going to treat my grandmother like that ! ' ' I bet they don't do that to white people , ' Nan said . ' What are you doing ? ' Mum asked as I walked to the phone . ' I'm ringing the bastards ...
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