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Title:
My Place
Written by:
Sally Morgan 
Read by:
Melodie Reynolds 
Format:
Unabridged CD Audio Book 
Number of CDs:
14 
Duration:
17 hours  
Published:
April 01 2011 
Available Date:
July 28 2011 
Age Category:
Young Adult (13+) 
ISBN:
9781742677835 
Genres:
Non-fiction; Australian; Family Sagas 
Publisher:
ABC Audio 
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Western Australian author

Shortlisted NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1987

My Place 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.

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 begins with Sally 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. WARNING: This audiobook contains references to alcohol abuse, suicide and racism.

‘A triumphant story that makes you glad it’s been told.’
Sunday Times

‘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

"Morgan is a gifted storyteller, and this story is sad, triumphant, hilarious, and sensitive."
Library Journal

‘Sad and wise and funny … unbelievably and unexpectedly moving, Sally Morgan’s love for her own spiritual and racial roots and her struggle to uncover them reveals a new Australia (the old) and a new way to embrace the elders and the young of all our peoples, wherever (and whoever) they might be. A book with heart.’
Alice Walker, author of The Colour Purple