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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... hard man . I heard people was looking for me , I heard Howden was looking for me , but I was gone . I didn't want to be found . And I wasn't having anything more to do with school . A lot of things happened to me after I left 2 237 I ...
... hard man . I heard people was looking for me , I heard Howden was looking for me , but I was gone . I didn't want to be found . And I wasn't having anything more to do with school . A lot of things happened to me after I left 2 237 I ...
Page 411
... hard enough , she was hittin ' us over the head . She didn't like natives . If one of us was in her way and we didn't move real quick , she'd give us a real hard thump over the head , just like that . Ooh , it hurt ! White people are ...
... hard enough , she was hittin ' us over the head . She didn't like natives . If one of us was in her way and we didn't move real quick , she'd give us a real hard thump over the head , just like that . Ooh , it hurt ! White people are ...
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... hard question . I got no education , how can I answer a question like that ? You think I'm a fortune - teller , eh ... hard for you , Sal , hard for you to understand . You different to me . I been scared 429.
... hard question . I got no education , how can I answer a question like that ? You think I'm a fortune - teller , eh ... hard for you , Sal , hard for you to understand . You different to me . I been scared 429.
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