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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... Sometimes , we bumped into Grandpa in town ; Mum was always taking us window- shopping . Grandpa would cry when he saw Billy . I remember once he actually tried to apologise to Mum for Grandma's attitude . ' What can I do , Glad . Ya ...
... Sometimes , we bumped into Grandpa in town ; Mum was always taking us window- shopping . Grandpa would cry when he saw Billy . I remember once he actually tried to apologise to Mum for Grandma's attitude . ' What can I do , Glad . Ya ...
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... sometimes spiritually , sometimes physically . I would feel a power come into me , it would 374.
... sometimes spiritually , sometimes physically . I would feel a power come into me , it would 374.
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... Sometimes , I had four jobs on the go . I forced myself to learn how to drive , even though I was petrified of the thought of actually going on the road . I knew I would need that independence and it meant I could take the children on ...
... Sometimes , I had four jobs on the go . I forced myself to learn how to drive , even though I was petrified of the thought of actually going on the road . I knew I would need that independence and it meant I could take the children on ...
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