Gypsy Boy

Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted 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 rarely went to school, and seldom mixed with non-Gypsies. The caravan and camp were his world.But although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture his family's legacy was bittersweet with a hidden history of grief and abuse.Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision - to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere he could truly belong.Read the second part of Mikey's amazing story in Gypsy Boy on the Run

ISBN 0340977981   Pages 304 ISBN13 9780340977989 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 200 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division   Published in London Imprint Hodder Paperback   Height (mm) 197 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 130 Publication date 04 Feb 2010   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY 941.00491497   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

'It was a revelation. Moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant. I shall never forget it - an amazing achievement' -- Stephen Fry 'Touching, insightful, funny and incredibly shocking ****' -- HEAT 'Explosive, sparkling and hugely entertaining - this is a twisted fairytale from a truly original mind' -- Hayley Atwell, star of The Duchess and Brideshead Revisited 'Gypsy Boy is a brilliant but bittersweet story, which reads like a magical fairytale. Although he could be excused for doing so, Mikey never descends into self pity - and has found the perfect balance between humour and harsh reality. Gypsy Boy sits somewhere between the grittiness of Irvine Welsh, and the charming warmth of Frank McCourt.' -- Dermot O'Leary 'best memoir since Running with Scissors' -- Attitude 'Mikey Walsh's memoirs were an unexpected smash hit last year and the audiobook version is every bit as enjoyable.' -- HEAT

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