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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... live the whole of your life in a daze ! ' Jill was right , I did live in a world of my own . She was much more attuned to our social environment . It was important for her to be accepted at school , because she enjoyed being there . All ...
... live the whole of your life in a daze ! ' Jill was right , I did live in a world of my own . She was much more attuned to our social environment . It was important for her to be accepted at school , because she enjoyed being there . All ...
Page 266
... live . They say we shouldn't get the land , but the white man's had land rights since this country was invaded , our land rights . Most of the land the Aborigine wants , no white man would touch . The government is like a big dog with a ...
... live . They say we shouldn't get the land , but the white man's had land rights since this country was invaded , our land rights . Most of the land the Aborigine wants , no white man would touch . The government is like a big dog with a ...
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... live with Sally . ' ' You know , Mum , ' I said , ' I think she likes being here so she can complain about you . ' Over the next few weeks , our lives fell into a pattern that tended to revolve around Nan and the baby . Amber and Blaze ...
... live with Sally . ' ' You know , Mum , ' I said , ' I think she likes being here so she can complain about you . ' Over the next few weeks , our lives fell into a pattern that tended to revolve around Nan and the baby . Amber and Blaze ...
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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