My Name Is Why: A Memoir - Rilegato

Sissay, Lemn

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ISBN 10: 1786892340 ISBN 13: 9781786892348

Casa editrice: Canongate Books Ltd, 2019

Riassunto

At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a foster home from which he was then sent to a succession of group 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.
Here Sissay recounts his life story, a story of neglect and determination. Misfortune and hope. Cruelty and beauty.

Sissay reflects on adoption, self-expression and identity, 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 Britain’s leading 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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L'autore:

Lemn Sissay is an award-winning writer and speaker, and the author of five books of poems. He was awarded an MBE by the Queen for services to literature. He was the official poet for the London 2012 Olympics. His Landmark poems can be found in London, Manchester, Huddersfield and Addis Ababa. In 2015 he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Manchester. He is British and Ethiopian. Lemn is Ethiopian for “Why.”
@lemnsissay | lemnsissay.com

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• Editore: Canongate Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1786892340
• ISBN 13: 9781786892348
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 193