#mynameiswhy

Today's daily deal on Audible. This was the best book I read last year and I'm looking forward to rereading it on audio. #currentlyreading📚 #bookstagram #MyNameIsWhy (at Boundary Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-61kc3AIjy/?igshid=nnb99zcu8fq9

The extraordinary Lemn Sissay is signing books, his new hit “My Name is Why” at at BookWorld’s annual holiday book sale at the Hilton on Friday at 6pm. Limited books come early! #lemnsissay #mynameiswhy #addisababahilton #yasserbagersh #addisababa #ethiopia #bookworld #addisababa Lemn Sissay https://www.instagram.com/p/B5wNtAAgHvJ/?igshid=ksso3mrlpsp0

This book is amazing and I cannot recommend it highly enough. A heartbreaking story of a stolen childhood. It's a great reflection on Lemn Sissay that he managed to not only survive such an unfair and brutal system but to go on to achieve what his talent deserves, but you should also be angry that he had to, and you have to wonder how many children have been left broken by the failings in the care system. How many ruined lives, how much wasted potential. It's also important to point out that, while he was failed by the system, the kindnesses shown by some stand out - the social worker who fought his corner and stressed that the rejection by his foster parents wasn't his fault; the teacher who recognised his talent for poetry and gave him a copy of The Mersey Sound; the woman from the National Association of Young People In Care who gave him a biography of Bob Marley. I love that each chapter starts with a poem. A fantastic read. #currentlyreading📚 #bookstagram #BlackHistoryMonth #MyNameIsWhy (at Boundary Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B37oE8-go2-/?igshid=6x2mxeg1cpdt

Imagine being a teenager in an 'assessment centre' (detention centre) and writing this when asked to write about yourself for a psychological assessment. #currentlyreading📚 #bookstagram #BlackHistoryMonth #MyNameIsWhy https://www.instagram.com/p/B37SeXIB89l/?igshid=1arwqwpbpoqza

"How Darkness runs From melting shade How bright the sun How unafraid" #currentlyreading📚 #bookstagram #MyNameIsWhy #BlackHistoryMonth (at Royal Oldham Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3uDG3NAelz/?igshid=jpo8qn8k8x2w