TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sissay,Lemn
TI  - My name is why
SN  - 9781786892362 (pbk.) :
AV  - PR6069.I69 Z46 2020
U1  - 821.92 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Canongate
KW  - Sissay, Lemn,
KW  - Poets, English
KW  - Biography
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Poets, Black
KW  - Children
KW  - Institutional care
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Biography & non-fiction prose
KW  - thema
KW  - Autobiography: general
KW  - Memoirs
KW  - Social discrimination & equal treatment
KW  - United Kingdom, Great Britain
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  - Biography: general
KW  - Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
N1  - Originally published: 2019
N2  - 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
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