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My Name Is Why
(9781786892348) - Dimensions: 220 x 162 x 25 mm - Main - Canongate - Canongate Books - Height: 162mm - Spine width: 29mm - Width: 222mm - ISBN: 9781786892348 - Number of pages: 193 - Languages: English | Lemn Sissay
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At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a fostered family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. 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 a childhood in care, selfexpression 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 bestloved 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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| Brand | Canongate |
| ISBN | Canongate 1786892340 |
| ID | 14375075 |
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220 x 162 x 25 mm |
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162mm |
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Canongate |
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9781786892348 |
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English |
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193 |
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29 Aug 2019 |
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Canongate Books |
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29mm |
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412g |
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222mm |

