Bibliograph

My name is why, a memoir, Lemn Sissay

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My name is why, a memoir, Lemn Sissay

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsfacsimiles

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My name is why

Oclc number

1119619327

Responsibility statement

Lemn Sissay

Sub title

a memoir

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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