MY PLACE - SALLY MORGAN - 1993

In 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.  Sally Morgan and her family were confronted with their own suppressed history, and with fundamental questions about their identity.

This book begins with Morgan tracing the experiences of her 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 - a mystery of identity, complete with clues and suggested solutions.

This 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.

This is a powerful autobiography of three generations, by a writer with the gift for language of a born story-teller.  Sally Morgan has produced a beautifully crafted book; at once a work of great humour, humanity, poignancy and courage.

This 358 page softcover is in a very good, tight, clean condition inside and out with only a very tiny, superficial split at top of spine.  A wonderful read!