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Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Sissay, Lemn, 1968-
Sissay, Lemn, 1968-
Sissay, Lemn, 1968- -- Childhood and youth.
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Poets, Black -- Biography.
Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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My name is why : a memoir /
Lemn
Sissay
.
by
Sissay
,
Lemn
,
1968-
Canongate, 2019.
Call #:
921 S623m
Subjects
Sissay
,
Lemn
,
1968-
Sissay
,
Lemn
,
1968-
-- Childhood and youth.
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Poets, Black -- Biography.
Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781786892348 (hc.)
Description:
193 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in an adopted family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was
Lemn
Sissay
. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth. This is
Lemn
's story: a story of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph.
Sissay
reflects on adoption, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home. Written with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved voices, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity."--Page 2 of cover.
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Memoirs.
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