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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... never took any interest in my drawings , he was completely enveloped in his own world . He never went to the pub now , we were too poor to be able to afford the petrol . There was never any money for toys , clothes , furniture , barely ...
... never took any interest in my drawings , he was completely enveloped in his own world . He never went to the pub now , we were too poor to be able to afford the petrol . There was never any money for toys , clothes , furniture , barely ...
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... never allowed us to cook as children , the kitchen was her own private domain . And as for helping around the house ... never thought of myself as being immature before . Now that Jill and I were once again living in the same house , we ...
... never allowed us to cook as children , the kitchen was her own private domain . And as for helping around the house ... never thought of myself as being immature before . Now that Jill and I were once again living in the same house , we ...
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... never paid any of it back . Apparently , this was the norm , but I didn't know . I had to cut down on my lending . There was plenty of action at Mulberry Farm , domestic fights all the time and some funny things going on . It always ...
... never paid any of it back . Apparently , this was the norm , but I didn't know . I had to cut down on my lending . There was plenty of action at Mulberry Farm , domestic fights all the time and some funny things going on . It always ...
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