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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... bush on three sides . Keeping my eye on the teacher on playground duty , I would slowly edge my way towards the bush . Once I was really close , I would turn and run , then squat down behind a tree and wait to see if anyone was coming ...
... bush on three sides . Keeping my eye on the teacher on playground duty , I would slowly edge my way towards the bush . Once I was really close , I would turn and run , then squat down behind a tree and wait to see if anyone was coming ...
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... bush . When I got tired , they took turns in giving me piggyback rides . We walked deep into the bush on the far side of the Home . Sometimes we'd disturb wallabies resting in the shade of the red gums . They'd hop a short distance away ...
... bush . When I got tired , they took turns in giving me piggyback rides . We walked deep into the bush on the far side of the Home . Sometimes we'd disturb wallabies resting in the shade of the red gums . They'd hop a short distance away ...
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... bush , watching the birds and animals . If you sat very quiet , they didn't notice you were there . There were rabbits , wallabies , goannas , lizards , even the tiny insects were interesting . I had such respect for their little lives ...
... bush , watching the birds and animals . If you sat very quiet , they didn't notice you were there . There were rabbits , wallabies , goannas , lizards , even the tiny insects were interesting . I had such respect for their little lives ...
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