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 218
... told you before , Sally , ' she said in a very annoyed way , ' there's nothing to tell . You're a terror for taking the bull by the horns . Who told you I was brought up in Parkerville , anyway ? ' ' Alice told me . How did you think I ...
... told you before , Sally , ' she said in a very annoyed way , ' there's nothing to tell . You're a terror for taking the bull by the horns . Who told you I was brought up in Parkerville , anyway ? ' ' Alice told me . How did you think I ...
Page 293
... told us . As we talked , things began to fall into place . We were surprised at the likeness of some of Aunty Elsie's grandchildren to our own family . We explained how we thought everyone we were related to must be dead and how we ...
... told us . As we talked , things began to fall into place . We were surprised at the likeness of some of Aunty Elsie's grandchildren to our own family . We explained how we thought everyone we were related to must be dead and how we ...
Page 297
... told her how Annie and a lot of the other older ones from Corunna Downs had died at Shaw River . ' She had Lily , ' Mum said . ' She devoted herself to the old ones . Annie wasn't alone when she died , she had some of her people with ...
... told her how Annie and a lot of the other older ones from Corunna Downs had died at Shaw River . ' She had Lily , ' Mum said . ' She devoted herself to the old ones . Annie wasn't alone when she died , she had some of her people with ...
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