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This sad and funny book is of inestimable value in comprehending the solid relatedness of the global community, the 'onenes s' of spirit shared by all 'aboriginal (peoples’ )
#NAME? ('The sort of Australian history which hasn't been written before and which we so desperately need’ )
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#NAME? ('The sort of Australian history which hasn't been written before and which we so desperately need’ )
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A three-generation biography of an Australian family.
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The hospital again, and the echo of my reluctant feet through the long, empty corridors. Read the first page
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Sydney's olympics are close and less than 400 000 aboriginal Australian people have survived. In this very touching book, Sally Morgan, who is from aboriginal origin, tells how genocide has hit her own family. Slavery, rape, stolen children, the loss of the sacred link with motherland and poverty are told to the heroin/writer when she tries to know more about her own ancestors. It's her grandma, the old Nan, who holds the key to that genocide story seldom told. Being a french reader, I first read this book in my langage, but the power and the pain inside of it goes far beyond langage. Between autobiography and novel, "My place" reminds us of all genocides, past and present, from Australian aboriginal people to American Indians, from Hutus and Tutsis to Tchetchensq or the people of East Timor.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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The pain one feels reading this novel is not from the horrors contained within it, but the lives and histories occluded from the main body of text. The four narratives which comprise the novel - show the barbarism perpetrated on the aboriginal people - affecting every subsequent generation in different ways. Sally, unaware of her mixed heritage, had puzzles to fill on both sides of her identity (aboriginal & european), as she has both english and aboriginal names.
It is difficult to write about these people as characters - because this is autobiography. Nevertheless, the 'character' of Sally's grandmother - whose clipped narration ends the novel - is truly one of the most tragic in its helplessness. Sally Morgan writes with verve, and sadness. This book is an absolute triumph. You will be sad for it to end, in as much as you'll love the characters. However, you will be glad that people of aboriginal heritage today do not have to suffer like those of Sally's grandmother's generation.
It is difficult to write about these people as characters - because this is autobiography. Nevertheless, the 'character' of Sally's grandmother - whose clipped narration ends the novel - is truly one of the most tragic in its helplessness. Sally Morgan writes with verve, and sadness. This book is an absolute triumph. You will be sad for it to end, in as much as you'll love the characters. However, you will be glad that people of aboriginal heritage today do not have to suffer like those of Sally's grandmother's generation.
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Interesting
Interesting account of an actual Australian aboriginal family history. Wonderful descriptions of her aboriginal grandmother and the context of her and her mother's shame and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by areader
Moving beyond belief.
Never before have I been so emotionally moved by a book that I have felt compelled to write a review. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bo Peep
MY PLACE AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY SALLY MORGAN
A VERY GOOD BOOK ALL ABOUT AUTHOR SALLY MORGAN SYCHIC,BRILLIANT INTERESTING IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING THIS BOOK,PLEASE DO YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. Annette Melsome
Different form what was expected
This book makes good reading however is different from what i expected and more like an autobiography, maybe its meant to be, but i thought it was gonna be more psychic... Read more
Published on 21 April 2010 by Mrs. C. E. Cuthbertson
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