My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay

My Name is Why

Lemn Sissay

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional sad medium-paced

191 pages | first published 2019

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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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emotional 81%
sad 79%
reflective 59%
challenging 49%
informative 40%
dark 31%
inspiring 30%
hopeful 21%
tense 5%
funny 1%

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fast 29%
slow 11%

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