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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... stay home , but don't eat anything and stay in bed . ' Jill wandered in after Mum and Nan had left and said , ' You're rotten . You're not really sick , are you ? ' ' Course I am ! Go away , you're makin ' me feel sick . Mu - um , tell ...
... stay home , but don't eat anything and stay in bed . ' Jill wandered in after Mum and Nan had left and said , ' You're rotten . You're not really sick , are you ? ' ' Course I am ! Go away , you're makin ' me feel sick . Mu - um , tell ...
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... stay . Cyril was an elderly friend of mine whom I had met at church . Now we children were getting older , we often brought friends home to stay . Nan wasn't happy about the situation , but Mum felt that by welcoming our friends , she ...
... stay . Cyril was an elderly friend of mine whom I had met at church . Now we children were getting older , we often brought friends home to stay . Nan wasn't happy about the situation , but Mum felt that by welcoming our friends , she ...
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... stay a few more days . Mum was aghast , ' You can't be here all the time , Sally's got a baby to look after . She can't have you as well . ' ' I don't mind , Mum . She can stay . ' ' It's settled , then , ' said Nan . I took Mum out to ...
... stay a few more days . Mum was aghast , ' You can't be here all the time , Sally's got a baby to look after . She can't have you as well . ' ' I don't mind , Mum . She can stay . ' ' It's settled , then , ' said Nan . I took Mum out to ...
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