Gypsy Boy : My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
ISBN: 9780312622084 | 0312622082
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date: 2/14/2012
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An Eye-Opening Memoir of Growing Up Gypsy Mikey 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't go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies, and the caravan became his wor... MORE
An Eye-Opening Memoir of Growing Up Gypsy Mikey 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't go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies, and the caravan became his wor... MORE
"This is a wonderfully readable tale of love, abuse and eventual escape--all lived in the heart of an English gypsy family. The father is one of the most frightening figures I've encountered in years."
--Edmund White, author of A Boy’s Own Story
"Reading Gypsy Boy, I felt invited into a secret society. I've always found Gypsies mysterious and even slightly dangerous, and Mikey Walsh does an excellent job describing the cloistered lifestyle and fascinating traditions... MORE
--Julia Scheeres, author of Jesus Land
“A revelation. Moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant. I shall never forget it—an amazing achievement.”
--Stephen Fry
“Touching, insightful, funny and incredibly shocking.”
--HEAT
“Best memoir since Running with Scissors.”
--Attitude
“Gypsy Boy sits somewhere between the grittiness of Irvine Welsh, and the charming warmth of Frank
McCourt.”
McCourt.”
--Dermot O’Leary, television and radio presenter,The X Factor
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