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050		0	_aPR6069.I69 _bZ46 2020
072		7	_aBIO _2ukslc
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100	1		_aSissay, Lemn, _d1968- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMy name is why / _cLemn Sissay.
260			_aEdinburgh : _bCanongate, _c2020.
300			_a212 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: 2019.
520	8		_aAt 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.
600	1	0	_aSissay, Lemn, _d1968-
600	1	0	_aSissay, Lemn, _d1968- _xChildhood and youth.
650		0	_aPoets, English _y20th century _vBiography.
650		0	_aPoets, Black _vBiography.
650		0	_aChildren _xInstitutional care _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		7	_aBiography. _2ukslc
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