Universally acclaimed as an Australian classic, My Place now available in an attractive gift edition is a powerful and deeply moving memoir of three generations of the author's family, told with passion, compassion and great humor. --- "My Place moved me several times to tears. This sad and wise and funny book is of inestimable value in comprehending the relatedness of the global community. Unbelievably and unexpectedly moving, Sally Morgan's love for her own spiritual and racial roots and her struggle to uncover them ...
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Universally acclaimed as an Australian classic, My Place now available in an attractive gift edition is a powerful and deeply moving memoir of three generations of the author's family, told with passion, compassion and great humor. --- "My Place moved me several times to tears. This sad and wise and funny book is of inestimable value in comprehending the relatedness of the global community. 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 Color Purple --- "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 --- "Funny and sad and very real: a satisfying, absorbing b
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. In very good DJ. A powerful autobiography of three generations of Australian aborigine women. This exploration of cultural and self identity was a best-seller in Australia. 360pp. 1st US ed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Second edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dustwrapper. There's a scrape on the inside, and rubbing on the dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Growing up, Sally was told that her tan complexion was due to family ties to India, but later finds out that her Grandmother is Aboriginal. She sets out to find her true roots and uncovers the truth about the treatment of the Aboriginal population in her grandmothers life.