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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... took to visiting each other on weekends . I loved Steph's bedroom , it was decorated mainly in lilac and it reminded me of something straight off a Hollywood filmset . Surprisingly , Steph was equally fascinated by my home . She loved ...
... took to visiting each other on weekends . I loved Steph's bedroom , it was decorated mainly in lilac and it reminded me of something straight off a Hollywood filmset . Surprisingly , Steph was equally fascinated by my home . She loved ...
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... took more care after that . The women I worked with all had strong personalities . Our boss was hardly ever in so we took extended lunch hours and had long conversations about whatever came into our heads . I was very impressed with the ...
... took more care after that . The women I worked with all had strong personalities . Our boss was hardly ever in so we took extended lunch hours and had long conversations about whatever came into our heads . I was very impressed with the ...
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... took me . They only took half - castes . They took Albert and they took me and Katie , our friend . She was put in Parkerville . She had a big doll with her when she went , Albert had me . Others went , too . I was about eleven or ...
... took me . They only took half - castes . They took Albert and they took me and Katie , our friend . She was put in Parkerville . She had a big doll with her when she went , Albert had me . Others went , too . I was about eleven or ...
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