MY PLACE

Sally Morgan

ISBN 10: 0949206318 / ISBN 13: 9780949206312

Edité par Freemantle Arts Centre Press, Freemantle, West Australia, 1987

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358 pages. A clean, straight book.

N° de réf. du vendeur 009786

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: MY PLACE
• Éditeur: Freemantle Arts Centre Press, Freemantle, West Australia
• Date de parution: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0949206318
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780949206312
• Reliure: Large Paper Back.
• Édition: Reprint.
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

My Place Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia's indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmother's birthplace, starting a search for information about her family. She uncovers that she is not white but aborigine--information that was kept a secret because of the s... Full description

Présentation de l'éditeur

A book for everyone; a book with the form and texture of a novel and the complexity and pace of a mystery not solved until the final pages. It is wonderfully entertaining' - New York Times Book Review A triumphant story that makes you glad it's been told.' - Times on Sunday In 1982, Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started as a tentative search for information about her family, turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage. My Place is a 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.