A child of the state
1,034,860 plays|
Lemn Sissay |
TEDxHousesOfParliament
• June 2012
Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story.
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