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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... gave me half a sovereign . When we got to the races , I gave it to a bloke to put on a winner for me . I never saw that half sovereign again . I had to watch from outside , they said I didn't have enough money to bet and pay me entry ...
... gave me half a sovereign . When we got to the races , I gave it to a bloke to put on a winner for me . I never saw that half sovereign again . I had to watch from outside , they said I didn't have enough money to bet and pay me entry ...
Page 247
... gave us half a crown . Then , we gave it back to him in his store for some sardines and biscuits , and that was the end of that . It seems like the whitefella doesn't want the blackfella to get a foot in this world . I had no money , no ...
... gave us half a crown . Then , we gave it back to him in his store for some sardines and biscuits , and that was the end of that . It seems like the whitefella doesn't want the blackfella to get a foot in this world . I had no money , no ...
Page 379
... gave me a new independence and something to be proud of . Also , it gave us the extra money we needed to get us through the children's teenage years . I'm very proud of my children and the way they turned out . I feel embarrassed now to ...
... gave me a new independence and something to be proud of . Also , it gave us the extra money we needed to get us through the children's teenage years . I'm very proud of my children and the way they turned out . I feel embarrassed now to ...
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