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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... door and I walked out onto the verandah . Click ! went the lock and I was alone . I walked towards the outside door and stopped . Maybe if I waited for a while , he would call me back . Maybe he would say , ' Here , Sally , have some ...
... door and I walked out onto the verandah . Click ! went the lock and I was alone . I walked towards the outside door and stopped . Maybe if I waited for a while , he would call me back . Maybe he would say , ' Here , Sally , have some ...
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... door had decreased . One evening , Mr Willie came round to visit and to inform us that he would soon be moving to Victoria . He was sorry he was leaving , but would make sure we got a nice Legatee in his place . We were all rude to Mr ...
... door had decreased . One evening , Mr Willie came round to visit and to inform us that he would soon be moving to Victoria . He was sorry he was leaving , but would make sure we got a nice Legatee in his place . We were all rude to Mr ...
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... door in the gap in our enclosed back verandah was eagerly taken up . Cyril hated spending money and Mum loved a bargain , so , in no time at all , a fourth - hand sliding door , profusely patchworked with bits of florist wire , and ...
... door in the gap in our enclosed back verandah was eagerly taken up . Cyril hated spending money and Mum loved a bargain , so , in no time at all , a fourth - hand sliding door , profusely patchworked with bits of florist wire , and ...
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Aboriginal allowed Arthur asked began better Bill Billy boys called close Corunna couldn't decided didn't door eyes face father feel felt finally finished friends front gave girls give gone hand happened hard head heard hospital inside it's Jill keep kids knew later laughed leave live look loved mean mind Miss morning mother moved Mum's Nan's needed never night once passed past play pulled remember replied round Sally seemed sick sister sleep someone Sometimes soon stay stop story suddenly sure talk tell there's things thought told took trying turned verandah waiting walked wasn't watched week wonderful worried wrong