Lemn Sissay Collection 2 Books Set Gold from the Stone, My Name Is Why Paperback

Name: Lemn Sissay Collection 2 Books Set Gold from the Stone, My Name Is Why Paperback
Brand: Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay

Description:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. My Name Is Why. At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a foster 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 his childhood,. 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 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..... Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems: 70 (Canons). Lemn Sissay wa...