Search -
Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
Gypsy Boy My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies Author:Mikey Walsh An Eye-Opening Memoir of Growing Up GypsyMikey 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.This is something Mikey knows only too well.Growing up, he didn... more »?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.Gypsy 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.« less
The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members!
Retail Price:$15.99 Buy New (Paperback): $12.79 (save 20%) or Become a PBS member and pay $8.89+1 PBS book credit (save 44%)