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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... walked home together , too . We felt our family was the most important thing in the world . One of the girls in my class said , accusingly , one day , ' Aah , you lot stick like glue , ' You're right , I thought , we do . The kids at ...
... walked home together , too . We felt our family was the most important thing in the world . One of the girls in my class said , accusingly , one day , ' Aah , you lot stick like glue , ' You're right , I thought , we do . The kids at ...
Page 239
... walked up to the engineer . ' Please mister , ' I said , ' will you swap two boomerangs for a ride on your train ? ' ' No ! ' he said . When the train pulled out , we jumped on a wagon that was only half full . The train passed through ...
... walked up to the engineer . ' Please mister , ' I said , ' will you swap two boomerangs for a ride on your train ? ' ' No ! ' he said . When the train pulled out , we jumped on a wagon that was only half full . The train passed through ...
Page 383
... walked quietly past Nan's bedroom door . I expected her to be asleep , but she wasn't . ' Sally , ' she called . ' Come here . ' ' What is it ? ' I want to tell you more about the station , ' she smiled . I nearly stopped her , she ...
... walked quietly past Nan's bedroom door . I expected her to be asleep , but she wasn't . ' Sally , ' she called . ' Come here . ' ' What is it ? ' I want to tell you more about the station , ' she smiled . I nearly stopped her , she ...
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Aboriginal allowed Arthur asked began better Bill Billy boys called close Corunna couldn't decided didn't door eyes face father feel felt finally finished friends front gave girls give gone hand happened hard head heard hospital inside it's Jill keep kids knew later laughed leave live look loved mean mind Miss morning mother moved Mum's Nan's needed never night once passed past play pulled remember replied round Sally seemed sick sister sleep someone Sometimes soon stay stop story suddenly sure talk tell there's things thought told took trying turned verandah waiting walked wasn't watched week wonderful worried wrong