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My Place

Sally Morgan

Paperback | Pages: 358 pages

Rating: 3.9 | 4881 Users | 222 Reviews

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Original Title:	My Place
ISBN:	0949206318 (ISBN13: 9780949206312)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Weickhardt Award (1988), Human Rights Literature and Other Writing Award (1987)

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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 stigma of society. This moving account is a classic of Australian literature that finally frees the tongues of the author’s mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories.

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Title	:	My Place
Author	:	Sally Morgan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 358 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2010 by Fremantle Arts Center Press (first published January 1st 1987)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Cultural. Australia. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir

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Ratings: 3.9 From 4881 Users | 222 Reviews

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I read this book in year 11 for Literature. It is a 440-page tome, but the extent of our analysis was: So this is a memoir. How much of memoir is true and why does it matter? I was a bit disappointed. Why did I do all that reading to ask such a basic question? Theres obviously a lot more to get from this book, and re-reading it eight years later I appreciate its richness. Morgan starts off with a chronological story of her childhood and growing up, right through to getting married, having kids,

Such a fantastic read. Everyone should read this at least once. The characters are developed, the content is mesmerising and it reads authentically. Such an honest, open and warm tone contrasted with the harsh realities of the subject.

This book really touched me. I first became aware of the situation of the Aboriginal peoples in Australia when I was working for Blackwell North America during the early 1980s. We provided books to several Australian academic libraries, and they seemed to order everything on North American Indians. One of the other Blackwellians, who had visited Australia several times on business, told me how bleak life was for the Aboriginals, and that many Australians were trying to figure out how to improve

Some years ago I read this absorbing autobiography by an urban, well-educated indigenous Australian, who engagingly portrays her emerging awareness and exploration of her Aboriginal heritage. Published originally by the Western Australian Freemantle Arts Centre Press, it was immediately popular with readers - reprinted three times in 1987, four times in 1988, and three times in 1989 (the year of my edition).

My Place is an autobiography that spans three generations. It tells the story of a family which has shed its identity to survive in the society which is racist and unforgiving. The history of aboriginal people is painful and makes one question the very foundations of the modern society. A society that's built on the land that was stolen, a society that negates the role of the natives and stigmatises the natives to the point where they try everything in their power to leave their own identity and

When Sally finally realizes that she is not of Indian descent but of Aboriginal heritage, she decides to embark on a journey to uncover her grandmother's past and ultimately the story of her own people. However, it becomes a challenge for her grandmother and mother to open up as all their lives they have been taught that being Aboriginal "was something to be ashamed of" and therefore should not be talked about openly. The book is moving, gripping, and though you want more, you are satisfied with

I dont know how anyone could read this and not have their heart broken for the black fellas (or Aborigines) and those whove fought in wars. In many ways it was quite a tragedy, and as the story continued, I had a lump in my throat , because it actually happened. Just read it thats all I can say. You wont be sorry when you do. Thank you Sally, for opening my eyes a little wider.