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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Page 141
... look bad if I didn't too . In desperation I took to hiding novels in government files ; that way , I could sit at my desk and read without everyone telling me , ' Look busy , girl . Look busy ! ' I became so bored that , one day , I ...
... look bad if I didn't too . In desperation I took to hiding novels in government files ; that way , I could sit at my desk and read without everyone telling me , ' Look busy , girl . Look busy ! ' I became so bored that , one day , I ...
Page 298
... look like one another , but it doesn't mean they're related . ' ' Yeah . Hey , I know . I've got a photo of Jack , a big one , why don't we look at it , see if you do look alike ? ' ' I don't want to do that . ' ' Go on ! We'll hold it ...
... look like one another , but it doesn't mean they're related . ' ' Yeah . Hey , I know . I've got a photo of Jack , a big one , why don't we look at it , see if you do look alike ? ' ' I don't want to do that . ' ' Go on ! We'll hold it ...
Page 308
... look straight to the end of my bed to see if anyone was there . There was never anyone . As I grew older , that fear disappeared . Maybe because I started to learn about Jesus . When I felt really scared , I'd look over the verandah to ...
... look straight to the end of my bed to see if anyone was there . There was never anyone . As I grew older , that fear disappeared . Maybe because I started to learn about Jesus . When I felt really scared , I'd look over the verandah to ...
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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