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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... laughed . Then he thumped his fist on the arm of his chair and said , ' Now you listen to me , Daisy's father is the same as mine . Daisy is my only full sister . Albert , he's our half- brother , his father was Howden too , but by a ...
... laughed . Then he thumped his fist on the arm of his chair and said , ' Now you listen to me , Daisy's father is the same as mine . Daisy is my only full sister . Albert , he's our half- brother , his father was Howden too , but by a ...
Page 292
... laughed . Then Billy said , ' I think we got it now . You , ' he said as he pointed to me , ' must be Burungu , your mother is Panaka , and Paul , we would make him Malinga . Now , this is very important , you don't want to go ...
... laughed . Then Billy said , ' I think we got it now . You , ' he said as he pointed to me , ' must be Burungu , your mother is Panaka , and Paul , we would make him Malinga . Now , this is very important , you don't want to go ...
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... laughed and laughed . ' Ooh yes , ' she chuckled , ' that was Lily , all right . She was the sort of person you couldn't help liking , she had a good heart , did Lily . ' I was amazed , Nan had never talked about Lily like that before ...
... laughed and laughed . ' Ooh yes , ' she chuckled , ' that was Lily , all right . She was the sort of person you couldn't help liking , she had a good heart , did Lily . ' I was amazed , Nan had never talked about Lily like that before ...
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Aboriginal allowed Arthur asked began better Bill Billy boys called close Corunna couldn't decided didn't door eyes face father feel felt finally finished friends front gave girls give gone hand happened hard head heard hospital inside it's Jill keep kids knew later laughed leave live look loved mean mind Miss morning mother moved Mum's Nan's needed never night once passed past play pulled remember replied round Sally seemed sick sister sleep someone Sometimes soon stay stop story suddenly sure talk tell there's things thought told took trying turned verandah waiting walked wasn't watched week wonderful worried wrong