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1786892367 
Paperback My name is why / Lemn Sissay.
Publication year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2020.
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781786892362 (pbk.) :
Available: 3
Number of reservations: 0
Description:
At the age of 17, after a childhood in a fostered 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 a childhood in care, self-expression, and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family, and the meaning of home.
Sissay, Lemn, 1968-
Poets, English 20th century Biography.
Poets, Black Biography.
Children Institutional care Great Britain Biography.
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eBook 
Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Edition: Abridged edition.
Publisher: Canongate,
Resource type: Electronic material
1 online resource (160 pages).
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Resource type: Physical
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Language: English
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Language: English
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Talking book - CD
Year: 2019.
Language: English
Media class: Talking book - CD
Publisher: Bolinda Audio,
Resource type: Physical
5 CDs (5 hr., 19 min.) : digital, stereo
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