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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... morning breeze suddenly gusted up between my bare legs . I expected the bullfrog to be out again this morning . I gazed at the patch of dark earth where I'd last seen him . He'll come out any minute , I thought . I felt excited , but it ...
... morning breeze suddenly gusted up between my bare legs . I expected the bullfrog to be out again this morning . I gazed at the patch of dark earth where I'd last seen him . He'll come out any minute , I thought . I felt excited , but it ...
Page 89
... morning at anything that moved . I complained to Mum one morning that she never let him outside . It wasn't a healthy way for a dog to live . Mum said she was afraid he might get run over or bite someone . I howled with laughter . But ...
... morning at anything that moved . I complained to Mum one morning that she never let him outside . It wasn't a healthy way for a dog to live . Mum said she was afraid he might get run over or bite someone . I howled with laughter . But ...
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... morning cleaning the house , not that she ever intended letting the rent man in . It was just a way of relieving all her nervous tension . Then she washed and dried our best cup and saucer and arranged a plate of biscuits in tempting ...
... morning cleaning the house , not that she ever intended letting the rent man in . It was just a way of relieving all her nervous tension . Then she washed and dried our best cup and saucer and arranged a plate of biscuits in tempting ...
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