A three-generation biography of an Australian family.
Mit fünfzehn Jahren fällt Sal zum ersten mal auf, dass Omas Hautfarbe schwarz ist. Bei der Suche nach ihrer Vergangenheit stößt Sal auf eine Mauer des Schweigens. Schließlich kann sie die Mutter, Großmutter und deren Bruder dazu bewegen, die wahre Geschichte ihrer Familie zu erzählen.
In 1982 Sally Morgan travelled to her grandmother's birthplace, Corunna Downs Station in Western Australia. She wants to trace the experiences of her childhood andolescence in Perth in the 1950's. Through memories and images, hints and echoes begin to emerge and another story unfolds - the mystery of her aboriginal identity. Gradually her whole family is drawn in to the saga and her great-uncle, her mother and finally her grandmother tell their stories in turn.
MY PLACE is a work of great humour, humanity and courage.
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'
Sally Morgan, 1951 in Perth geboren, ausgebildete Psychologin und Bibliothekarin, Malerin und Lithographin, gilt als die wichtigste Vertreterin der Aborigines-Literatur. Sie wuchs in der weißen Gesellschaft Australiens auf und machte sich erst spät auf die Suche nach ihrer wahren Identität.
Über den Autor
Sally Morgan was born in Perth in 1951.
Klappentext
In 1982 Sally Morgan travelled to her grandmother's birthplace, Corunna Downs Station in Western Australia. She wants to trace the experiences of her childhood andolescence in Perth in the 1950's. Through memories and images, hints and echoes begin to emerge and another story unfolds - the mystery of her aboriginal identity. Gradually her whole family is drawn in to the saga and her great-uncle, her mother and finally her grandmother tell their stories in turn.
MY PLACE is a work of great humour, humanity and courage.
A three-generation biography of an Australian family.
