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 209
... sure it was working . ' You don't want to miss nothin ' , ' he'd remind me . ' Those batteries get low . ' Even if ... sure about this . ' ' Are you sure your dream wasn't about Nan ? She's the one that hasn't been feeling well . ' ' No ...
... sure it was working . ' You don't want to miss nothin ' , ' he'd remind me . ' Those batteries get low . ' Even if ... sure about this . ' ' Are you sure your dream wasn't about Nan ? She's the one that hasn't been feeling well . ' ' No ...
Page 308
... sure there was someone sitting on the end of my bed . I'd lie under the blankets , too scared to move or breathe . I thought , if I lay still enough they might go away . I hoped that , because I was only little and didn't take up much ...
... sure there was someone sitting on the end of my bed . I'd lie under the blankets , too scared to move or breathe . I thought , if I lay still enough they might go away . I hoped that , because I was only little and didn't take up much ...
Page 355
... sure , he was a bleeder and he had a rare blood group . Those that could walk were marched through the nearest town and put on show like some ruddy great prize . The men spat on them and the women threw their kitchen slops and pots full ...
... sure , he was a bleeder and he had a rare blood group . Those that could walk were marched through the nearest town and put on show like some ruddy great prize . The men spat on them and the women threw their kitchen slops and pots full ...
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