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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... feel really sick in the stomach , Nan , ' I groaned as she gazed at my pale face . ' I think I'm gunna vomit . ' Nan grabbed an empty saucepan and bent me over it . After emitting a few strangled noises , I straightened up and said ...
... feel really sick in the stomach , Nan , ' I groaned as she gazed at my pale face . ' I think I'm gunna vomit . ' Nan grabbed an empty saucepan and bent me over it . After emitting a few strangled noises , I straightened up and said ...
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... Feel them , Sally . ' ' Feel what ? ' ' The papers . I looked , dumbfounded , at the leaflets in my hand . ' They feel soft , ' I said . ' That's right ! ' Nan grinned triumphantly . And then , lowering her voice , she whispered ...
... Feel them , Sally . ' ' Feel what ? ' ' The papers . I looked , dumbfounded , at the leaflets in my hand . ' They feel soft , ' I said . ' That's right ! ' Nan grinned triumphantly . And then , lowering her voice , she whispered ...
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... feel very sad . I never went to that tree again . I think it could have happened , because , unless you could look out for yourself , you had a bad time . You could feel that low that you'd want to die . Towards the end of the school ...
... feel very sad . I never went to that tree again . I think it could have happened , because , unless you could look out for yourself , you had a bad time . You could feel that low that you'd want to die . Towards the end of the school ...
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