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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... Head's office once again , and Jill and I with her . After speaking to Mum privately , we were called in . " This is a most serious matter , girls , ' the Head said sternly , ' I have even considered calling the police in . ' We were ...
... Head's office once again , and Jill and I with her . After speaking to Mum privately , we were called in . " This is a most serious matter , girls , ' the Head said sternly , ' I have even considered calling the police in . ' We were ...
Page 356
... head south in the hope of meeting up with the Yanks , but Bill talked him into going north to Switzerland . They travelled mainly at night , stealing food and sleeping in the fields . The eventually came to a small town and hung around ...
... head south in the hope of meeting up with the Yanks , but Bill talked him into going north to Switzerland . They travelled mainly at night , stealing food and sleeping in the fields . The eventually came to a small town and hung around ...
Page 411
... 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 great ones for thumpin ' you on the head ...
... 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 great ones for thumpin ' you on the head ...
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