Gypsy Boy

A “brash and frightening and funny” memoir of growing up in—and leaving—a Romany family in the UK ( New York Times ). Romany Gypsies live in a secluded community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution, they are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey Walsh knows only too well. Growing 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