Gypsy Boy - Mikey Walsh

Descriere Gypsy Boy - Mikey Walsh

In a shocking memoir that is equal parts Angela's Ashes and Running with Scissors, Gypsy Boy reveals what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies in England. OA revelation. Moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant.O--Stephen Fry. \n \nAn Eye-Opening Memoir of Growing Up Gypsy \n \nMikey Walsh was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a secluded community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave you can never come back. \n \nThis is something Mikey knows only too well. \n \nGrowing up, he didn't go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies, and the caravan became his world. It was a rich and unusual upbringing, but although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture, his family's legacy was bittersweet, with a hidden history of violence and grief. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonizing decision--to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere to belong. \n \nGypsy Boy shows, for the first time, what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies. A surprise #1 bestseller in Great Britain, this is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a little-seen world, one both fascinating and heartbreaking.\n

Detalii

Brand

St. Martin's Griffin

Categorie

ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9781250022028

Magazine

1

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in stock