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S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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The Trauma of Getting Your Files

The last entrance in his files is my request to see them at eighteen and a half, nineteen years of age. The trauma wasn't the traumatic bit, but actually living the life is what was the most painful thing for me. I watched my friends get married, I watched them hate their families at eighteen,. I watched all their families come back together for these moments of marriage. Weddings be stressful, people tell me, oh you don't want a family, they're a pain, but the pain is part of what it is"

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