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Ootlin A Memoir

By Jenni Fagan

First published 2024

'To read this book is to be reminded of the importance of kindness, of beauty and of storytelling' iPAPER 'Beautiful, deep, transfixing . . . it will burn a home in your heart' LEMN SISSAY 'Essential reading, life-changing ... Beautiful, earth-shattering and unforgettable' SAMANTHA MORTON 'Mesmerising, heart-breaking. I'll never forget it' ANNIE MAC Jenni Fagan was property of the state before birth. She drew her first breath in care and by the age of seven, she had lived in fourteen different homes and had her name changed multiple times. Twenty years after her first attempt to write this powerful memoir, Jenni is finally ready to share her account. Ootlin is a journey through the broken UK care system - it is one of displacement and exclusion, but also of the power of storytelling. It is about the very human act of making meaning from adversity.

Published
2024
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Edition
Paperback
Elsewhere
Open Library
  • Drama
  • History

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