The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

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That's not my name

"Why would I change my name? I’ve spent years trying to get people to remember it."

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Emma Gannon
Mar 29, 2022
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When I was around 10 years old, I begged my older sister that she wouldn’t change her name when she got married. She is my half-sister and twenty years older than me. She was edging closer to that potential milestone of marriage and I was being an annoying little sister clinging onto her leg.

“You’re a GANNON!” I said to her. “Promise you’ll never change…

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