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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... Nan's gloomy hints added nothing to our already tenuous sense of security . It was Nan who first brought out the sceptic in me . I was suspicious of outsiders , especially those in authority . Nan convinced me that most people were ...
... Nan's gloomy hints added nothing to our already tenuous sense of security . It was Nan who first brought out the sceptic in me . I was suspicious of outsiders , especially those in authority . Nan convinced me that most people were ...
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... Nan's father was a bloke called Maltese Sam . That he came from a wealthy family and wanted to take Nan away with him . ' ' Maltese Sam ? What an unusual name . I've never heard anyone talk about him . Arthur's coming tomorrow night , I ...
... Nan's father was a bloke called Maltese Sam . That he came from a wealthy family and wanted to take Nan away with him . ' ' Maltese Sam ? What an unusual name . I've never heard anyone talk about him . Arthur's coming tomorrow night , I ...
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... Nan's reaction . ' Nan's right , Sally , ' she said , much to Nan's surprise . ' You shouldn't spend that money just to look at dirt . What will it achieve ? There's no one up there we know . What are you going to do , anyway , walk up ...
... Nan's reaction . ' Nan's right , Sally , ' she said , much to Nan's surprise . ' You shouldn't spend that money just to look at dirt . What will it achieve ? There's no one up there we know . What are you going to do , anyway , walk up ...
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