Ootlin - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Jenni Fagan Klappentext WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025 Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non Fiction 2025 'Extraordinary and uplifting' OBSERVER 'A triumphant tale of survival' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An extraordinary book' LITERARY REVIEW 'Inspirational' THE SCOTSMAN 'To read this book is to be reminded of the importance of kindness, of beauty and of storytelling' iPAPER 'A phenomenal memoir. I am in awe' AMY LIPTROT '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 'Should be required reading' CLAIRE FULLER The government told a story about me before I was born. 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. Zusammenfassung 'Beautiful, deep, transfixing . . . it will burn a home in your heart' LEMN SISSAY 'Essential reading, life-changing' SAMANTHA MORTON 'An astonishing piece of work' NIALL GRIFFITHS The government told a story about me before I was born. 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: 334677, Author 334677, Jenni Fagan
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2024
• EAN: 9781529153088
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-5308-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Prose: non-fiction, Scotland, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, c 1970 to c 1979, Autobiography: writers, c 1980 to c 1989, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Adoption and fostering: advice and issues, Adoption and fostering, Child abuse, Relating to childhood, biography; autobiography; health; inspirational; biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs