A review by aliciae08
My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was…this was a truly beautiful, damning memoir by Lemn Sissay.  It outlined just how Sissay was let down in every single way—by the Authority, his foster family and the system as a whole.  It isn’t just a narrative account, but includes notes from his file regarding all of the ways the system let him (and others in care) down and then punished him for their own failures. 
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