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My Place

By Sally Morgan
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Now available as a new edition with a stunning cover by the award-winning artist Jenna Lee. 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... Read More
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Now available as a new edition with a stunning cover by the award-winning artist Jenna Lee.

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.

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ISBN: 9781760996185

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Fremantle Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 141.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 448

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About the Author

Sally Morgan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1951. She is a full-time painter and writer. For as long as she can remember Sally wanted to paint and write. However, at school she was discouraged from expressing herself through her art because her teachers failed to see the promise in her individual style. It was not until she researched her family history and discovered her Aboriginal identity that she found meaning in her images, and gained the confidence to pick up her paints again. Both her books and her paintings and screenprints have earned awards and wide-spread popularity.

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