My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay

My Name is Why

Lemn Sissay

191 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional sad medium-paced
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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. ...

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4.32
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Moods

emotional: 80%

sad: 79%

reflective: 57%

challenging: 48%

informative: 45%

dark: 37%

inspiring: 32%

hopeful: 21%

tense: 7%

funny: 3%


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