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      Also by Lemn Sissay

      Poetry

       Perceptions of the Pen

       Tender Fingers in a Clenched Fist

      The Fire People (ed.)

       Morning Breaks in the Elevator

       Rebel Without Applause

       The Emperor’s Watchmaker

       Listener

       Gold from the Stone

      Drama

       Skeletons in the Cupboard

       Don’t Look Down

       Chaos by Design

       Storm

       Something Dark

       Why I Don’t Hate White People

       Refugee Boy

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      First published in Great Britain, the USA and Canada in 2019

      by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE

      Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West

      and in Canada by Publishers Group Canada

       canongate.co.uk

      This digital edition first published in 2019 by Canongate Books

      Copyright © Lemn Sissay, 2019

      The right of Lemn Sissay to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the

      Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

      Excerpt from ‘Ride Natty Ride’, written by Bob Marley.

      Published by Fifty Six Hope Road Music Ltd/Primary Wave/

      Blue Mountain.

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library

      ISBN 978 1 78689 234 8

      eISBN 978 1 78689 235 5

      For

      Yemarshet, Tsahaiwork, Teguest, Mehatem,

      Giday, Abiyu, Mimi, Wuleta,

      Catherine, David, Christopher, Sarah and Helen

      The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why

      —Anon., attributed to Mark Twain

      I am the bull in the china shop

      With all my strength and will

      As a storm smashed the teacups

      I stood still

      CONTENTS

       Preface

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Woodfields

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Gregory Avenue

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Oaklands

       Chapter 27

       Wood End

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgements

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