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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... Mum's dress from my clutches . I kept my eyes down and grabbed onto another part of Mum . ' I have to go now , dear , ' Mum said desperately . Miss Glazberg wrenched my fingers from around Mum's thigh and said , ' Say goodbye to your ...
... Mum's dress from my clutches . I kept my eyes down and grabbed onto another part of Mum . ' I have to go now , dear , ' Mum said desperately . Miss Glazberg wrenched my fingers from around Mum's thigh and said , ' Say goodbye to your ...
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... Mum wanted him , she shouted out , ' Here Widdees , here boy . ' The neighbours still laughed , but , in Mum's mind , it made some sort of difference . The only pets we weren't allowed to keep were wild ones . Goannas , tadpoles , frogs ...
... Mum wanted him , she shouted out , ' Here Widdees , here boy . ' The neighbours still laughed , but , in Mum's mind , it made some sort of difference . The only pets we weren't allowed to keep were wild ones . Goannas , tadpoles , frogs ...
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... Mum's eyes , Curly , as she had named him , bore a close resemblance to a rare Bedlington terrier she'd read about in Pix magazine . Mum received support for her views from an unexpected quarter ; our neighbour . He commented to Mum ...
... Mum's eyes , Curly , as she had named him , bore a close resemblance to a rare Bedlington terrier she'd read about in Pix magazine . Mum received support for her views from an unexpected quarter ; our neighbour . He commented to Mum ...
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