Sissay, Lemn,  1968- <br/><br/>
My name is why / 
Lemn Sissay. 
 - Edinburgh :  Canongate,  2020. 
 - 212 pages :  illustrations (black and white) ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2019. 
<br/><br/> Paperback edition of the bestselling memoir about growing up in care and finding hope, by the award-winning playwright, poet, writer and broadcaster. 'An extraordinary story' }Sunday Times THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'EXTRAORDINARY' The Times, 'BEAUTIFUL' Dolly Alderton, 'SHATTERING' Observer, 'INCREDIBLE' Benjamin Zephaniah, 'UNPUTDOWNABLE' Sunday Times, 'ASTOUNDING' Matt Haig, 'POWERFUL' Elif Shafak At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a foster 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 his childhood, 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 poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781786892362 (pbk.) :  9.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Sissay, Lemn, 1968- <br/>Sissay, Lemn, 1968- --Childhood and youth.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poets, English--20th century--Biography.<br/>Poets, Black--Biography.<br/>Children--Institutional care--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Biography.<br/>Biography & non-fiction prose<br/>Autobiography: general<br/>Memoirs<br/>Social discrimination & equal treatment<br/>United Kingdom, Great Britain<br/>Ethiopia<br/>Biography: general<br/>Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6069.I69  / Z46 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>821.92