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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... brother to me and also a favourite of Nan's . Bruce was a lot like my brother Bill . Nan never disappeared when Paul or Bruce were around . She actually seemed to enjoy their company . Paul commented once that Nan reminded him of many ...
... brother to me and also a favourite of Nan's . Bruce was a lot like my brother Bill . Nan never disappeared when Paul or Bruce were around . She actually seemed to enjoy their company . Paul commented once that Nan reminded him of many ...
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... brother . When you were little , he visited us a couple of times , remember ? ' I cast my mind back and suddenly I saw him as he had been so many years before . Tall and dark , with a big smile . ' Is he her only brother ? ' I asked ...
... brother . When you were little , he visited us a couple of times , remember ? ' I cast my mind back and suddenly I saw him as he had been so many years before . Tall and dark , with a big smile . ' Is he her only brother ? ' I asked ...
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... brother , Robert . She's Gladdie's first cousin . ' ' Mum doesn't know that , does Roberta ? ' ' Yes , she knows . She asked me a year ago whether she should say something to your mother , but I said it'd be better to leave it ...
... brother , Robert . She's Gladdie's first cousin . ' ' Mum doesn't know that , does Roberta ? ' ' Yes , she knows . She asked me a year ago whether she should say something to your mother , but I said it'd be better to leave it ...
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