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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... Yeah , but that was before he knew.us well . ' ' Yes , but remember how he almost whispered when he told us the truth about Albert ? He didn't want to hurt the feelings of any of Albert's family and he loved him so much I suppose he ...
... Yeah , but that was before he knew.us well . ' ' Yes , but remember how he almost whispered when he told us the truth about Albert ? He didn't want to hurt the feelings of any of Albert's family and he loved him so much I suppose he ...
Page 210
... Yeah ... ' I could tell by the tone of Mum's voice that if we pursued this conversation any further , we'd both start crying . So it was that I spent the next few weeks nonstop recording everything I could . When we finished , we were ...
... Yeah ... ' I could tell by the tone of Mum's voice that if we pursued this conversation any further , we'd both start crying . So it was that I spent the next few weeks nonstop recording everything I could . When we finished , we were ...
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... Yeah , I heard . Did you see him before he went to Mucka ? ' ' Yes . ' ' When ? ' Mum looked a bit awkward . " The ... Yeah , I guess so . When's the funeral ? ' ' In a couple of days ' time , you coming ? ' ' Yeah , I'll come . I hate ...
... Yeah , I heard . Did you see him before he went to Mucka ? ' ' Yes . ' ' When ? ' Mum looked a bit awkward . " The ... Yeah , I guess so . When's the funeral ? ' ' In a couple of days ' time , you coming ? ' ' Yeah , I'll come . I hate ...
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