Born Lucky
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Born Lucky
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Lemn Sissay
Summary
I went in search of my mother, and found, unexpectedly, something bigger in myself.
Lemn Sissay is seventeen, freshly out of the care system. No family, no furniture, no future. He’s recently recovered his birth name Lemn – and he’s figuring out who Lemn really is. Would finding his birth mother give him the answers he needed?
In this successor to the Number One Bestseller, My Name Is Why, Lemn Sissay describes how he survived a broken system, found his community in ‘80s Manchester - a city on the verge of its own breakthrough - and ultimately found his voice.
This is a portrait of a young man unwilling to give up.
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Reviews
"PRAISE FOR LEMN SISSAY: 'His gift as a writer . . . is for turning life's base metal into gold'"
"It is a miracle that Lemn is here at all, still standing, thriving, creating, encouraging, opening channels of comprehension, dissent and hope; shining light on darkness" (ADJOA ANDOH)
"I love Lemn for his hard-won light smashed out of darkness like gold from the rock" (JEANETTE WINTERSON)
"Lemn Sissay is a passionate and powerful voice" (KAE TEMPEST)
"Lemn Sissay is a triumph of human survival" (HELENA KENNEDY QC)
"Lemn Sissay the person shines through it all, his unflinching honesty, his attention to detail, his humour and bravery. Thank God for him" (KIT DE WAAL)
"You find yourself humbled by the spirit that is Lemn Sissay" (JACKIE KAY)
"A terrifying, saddening, anger-making read. I hope millions of people will read it" (MICHAEL ROSEN, on MY NAME IS WHY)
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