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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... goin ' to sell ? ' ' All your goods and chattels , ' he said . I laughed . ' You needn't worry about that , ' I said , ' I got no goods and chattels ! ' Anyway , when the summons came , I went down to Perth to see a lawyer who came from ...
... goin ' to sell ? ' ' All your goods and chattels , ' he said . I laughed . ' You needn't worry about that , ' I said , ' I got no goods and chattels ! ' Anyway , when the summons came , I went down to Perth to see a lawyer who came from ...
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... goin ' to live in Sydney . I asked if I could have that picture , but they said it was goin ' to auction . There was some other pictures I asked for , but they had a big bonfire and burnt them . God will make them pay , they was ...
... goin ' to live in Sydney . I asked if I could have that picture , but they said it was goin ' to auction . There was some other pictures I asked for , but they had a big bonfire and burnt them . God will make them pay , they was ...
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... goin ' soon . I think Gladdie knew too . We didn't talk ' bout it . You didn't talk ' bout things like that . Course ... goin ' to die . He made his peace . He knew where he was goin ' . ' Member he played footy with Billy and David ...
... goin ' soon . I think Gladdie knew too . We didn't talk ' bout it . You didn't talk ' bout things like that . Course ... goin ' to die . He made his peace . He knew where he was goin ' . ' Member he played footy with Billy and David ...
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