Lemn Sissay is an award-winning writer and popular broadcaster as
well as being the author of five poetry books. He was made an
Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Huddersfield and
the University of Manchester. He was awarded an MBE by the Queen
for services to literature. He was the official poet for the London
2012 Olympics. He has worked throughout the world and is patron of
the Letterbox Club, supporting children in care. 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.
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A lyrical, painful and yet hope-filled memoir . . . Shattering,
light-searching
* * Observer * *
Searing . . . Unputdownable . . . My Name Is Why is authentic and
beautiful, a potential game-changer in public attitudes to children
raised in care. It's about bureaucratic cruelty and what happens
when love is absent. Don't miss it
* * The Times * *
An extraordinary story
* * Sunday Times * *
The most amazing thing about this book is that it's not made up.
This actually happened. It is an incredible story
*BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH*
I have never read a memoir like it. A blistering account of a young
life in the hands of neglectful authorities. It's a quest for
understanding, for home, for answers. Grips like a thriller.
Astounding
*MATT HAIG*
The great triumph of this work comes from its author's
determination to rail against what he rightly diagnoses as this
institutionally endorsed disremembering of black and marginalised
experience. It is a searing and unforgettable re-creation of the
most brutal of beginnings
* * Guardian * *
Utterly devastating and beautiful . . . Breathtakingly written
*DOLLY ALDERTON*
This is a deeply moving memoir that speaks with incredible
poeticism. A staggering exposé of colonial theft and abandonment,
this book is grippingly heartbreaking
*DAVID LAMMY*
A fascinating memoir . . . So powerful
*ELIF SHAFAK*
The engaging transfiguring truth of My Name Is Why is like a
baptism of truth - leaving you washed clean of lies and reborn in
love. Profound in its kindness, intelligence and unselfish heart,
this book is important and unputdownable
*JESSICA HYNES*
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