Ootlin : a memoir
Fagan, Jenni2025
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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 changed name 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.
Main title:
Ootlin : a memoir / Jenni Fagan.
Author:
Fagan, Jenni, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2025.
Collation:
368 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781804942130 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92823.92 FAG
Language:
English
Subject:
Fagan, Jenni -- Childhood and youthWomen authors, Scottish -- 21st century -- BiographyAuthors, Scottish -- 21st century -- BiographyChild care services -- Great BritainBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseMemoirsBiography: generalBiography: literaryChild abuseSocial welfare & social servicesAdoption & fosteringGender studies: women & girlsCoping with abuseAdoption & fostering: advice & issues
BRN:
4094395