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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... week board for the three weeks it had taken me to clear the land . Despite the flood , 1916 was a good year for most farmers . There'd been drought earlier on , and maize , lucerne and crushed fodder had been imported from Argentina ...
... week board for the three weeks it had taken me to clear the land . Despite the flood , 1916 was a good year for most farmers . There'd been drought earlier on , and maize , lucerne and crushed fodder had been imported from Argentina ...
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... week . It was a funny set - up in those days . If you were monied people or if you had a name , like Drake ... week later , there was another two shilling piece on the floor . I handed that in too . That was when I was told that , from ...
... week . It was a funny set - up in those days . If you were monied people or if you had a name , like Drake ... week later , there was another two shilling piece on the floor . I handed that in too . That was when I was told that , from ...
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... week and then I'll come home for the weekend . ' I walked Mum to her car . ' Don't worry about her , Mum , ' I said , ' she's having a good time . ' ' I can see that . What does she do all day ? ' ' Oh , nothing much . Just potters ...
... week and then I'll come home for the weekend . ' I walked Mum to her car . ' Don't worry about her , Mum , ' I said , ' she's having a good time . ' ' I can see that . What does she do all day ? ' ' Oh , nothing much . Just potters ...
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