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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... heard it at night when I was feeling depressed . After I'd heard it , I knew I could go to sleep . It was that same feeling of protection . I suppose it was healthy , sleeping on the verandah like that , but on wintry nights when there ...
... heard it at night when I was feeling depressed . After I'd heard it , I knew I could go to sleep . It was that same feeling of protection . I suppose it was healthy , sleeping on the verandah like that , but on wintry nights when there ...
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... heard beautiful music . The angel was very happy that Billy had come into the world . Of course , Bill was overjoyed that he had a son at last . Bill applied for a State Housing home in Manning . Mum was living with us permanently now ...
... heard beautiful music . The angel was very happy that Billy had come into the world . Of course , Bill was overjoyed that he had a son at last . Bill applied for a State Housing home in Manning . Mum was living with us permanently now ...
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... heard the bird call , I heard the bird call . Around and around . ' Oh , Nan , ' I cried with sudden certainty , ' I heard it , too . In my heart , I heard it . ' THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APR 3 n 2001 MAR 1 440.
... heard the bird call , I heard the bird call . Around and around . ' Oh , Nan , ' I cried with sudden certainty , ' I heard it , too . In my heart , I heard it . ' THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APR 3 n 2001 MAR 1 440.
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