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 47
... realised that if we had to leave the house suddenly , the babies would be the most difficult to wake up . Aunty Grace was a civilian widow who lived at the back of us . Nan had knocked out six pickets in the back fence so we could ...
... realised that if we had to leave the house suddenly , the babies would be the most difficult to wake up . Aunty Grace was a civilian widow who lived at the back of us . Nan had knocked out six pickets in the back fence so we could ...
Page 95
... realised that my red ribbon was pulling on the other girls , and that the girl who was normally ahead of me was now two girls behind . I couldn't understand what had happened . Hadn't I woven an intricate pattern in a graceful and ...
... realised that my red ribbon was pulling on the other girls , and that the girl who was normally ahead of me was now two girls behind . I couldn't understand what had happened . Hadn't I woven an intricate pattern in a graceful and ...
Page 204
... realised we didn't blame her for anything . Surely she realised we loved her ? I swallowed the lump that was rising in my throat . One thing I was sure of : before this was over , Mum and I would have shed more than our fair share of ...
... realised we didn't blame her for anything . Surely she realised we loved her ? I swallowed the lump that was rising in my throat . One thing I was sure of : before this was over , Mum and I would have shed more than our fair share of ...
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