My Place by Sally Morgan: A Mixed Experience Memoir

I picked up a sale book today because, well, because I have been lusting for it and it was $9.99.  It's a thick dictionary-size softcover called 501 Must-Read Books --Not that I need anymore books to read.  I have  piles of novels on my office floor dying to be opened--all books that I haven't read exactly because I bought them and I figure I'll have them around a long time.  But this 501 Must-Read Books book is gorgeous-- it has a good feel in my hands and the most beautiful images and photos inside.  I've been opening it up to random pages and have read about many books I've never even heard about and sound fascinating.  The book I am most eager to read now is My Place by Sally Morgan.  It's a memoir about a woman who learns as a teenager that she is half-Aboriginal.  According to the book, "Sally Morgan was one of the first people to give a voice to the Stolen Generations, the 35,000 Aboriginal children who between approximately 1900 and 1970 were taken from their parents and placed in government or religious facilities."  In the memoir Morgan writes about reuniting with her ancestors: ". . . all of a sudden we had a context . . . we weren't just this small isolated family in the non-Aboriginal community, we were part of this huge family and that really gave us a sense of belonging, that was very important."  I can't wait to get my hands on this book!