Lemn Sissay
Autore di My Name Is Why
Opere di Lemn Sissay
Opere correlate
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 11 : 1969 : The Sound of a Summer [sound recording] (2019) — Presenter — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1967-05-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Attività lavorative
- poet
playwright - Relazioni
- Zephaniah, Benjamin (friend)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- PEN Pinter prize (2019)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 245
- Popolarità
- #92,910
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 34
When you read these accounts, the natural reaction is to wonder if it isnt exaggerated; if the victim isnt minimizing his own wrongdoing.
Sissay has his case notes, and a lot of the narrative is just sections of these..."Eighteen years of records written by strangers" The true horror of these is really what form the book- forget the casual discrimination encountered by classmates - and just see the institutionalized different treatment of kids in care to those in normal homes. Follow the "contented child with a winsome smile" (in foster care) to the depressed and troubled youth in almost-jail after being rejected.
Sissay has since become a published poet (his poems punctuate the story).
This is a truly sad and awful book, highlighting the failure of our uncaring care system.… (altro)