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02061aam a2200349Mi 4500 001 2B909AFC5D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200303010150 008 190404t20192019stka 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1786892340 020 $a 9781786892348 035 $a (OCoLC)1119619327 040 $a EUM $b eng $e rda $c EUM $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d BUB $d YDX $d PAU $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a PR6069 I69 Z46 2019 100 1 $a Sissay, Lemn, $d 1968- $e author. 245 10 $a My name is why : $b a memoir / $c Lemn Sissay. 263 $a 201908 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Canongate, $c 2019. 300 $a 193 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a 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. Here Sissay recounts his life story. It is a story of neglect and determination. Misfortune and hope. Cruelty and beauty. 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. 600 10 $a Sissay, Lemn, $d 1968- 600 10 $a Sissay, Lemn, $d 1968- $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Poets, English $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Poets, Black $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children $x Institutional care $z Great Britain $v Biography. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781786892355 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103023343.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20200829010406.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2B909AFC5D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search