Mikey Walsh
Paperback | Pages: 278 pages Rating: 3.86 | 4371 Users | 532 Reviews
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| Title | : | Gypsy Boy |
| Author | : | Mikey Walsh |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 278 pages |
| Published | : | 2009 by Hodder & Stoughton |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Biography Memoir. LGBT |
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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.
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| Original Title: | Gypsy Boy |
| ISBN: | 0340977965 (ISBN13: 9780340977965) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Epithetical Books Gypsy Boy
Ratings: 3.86 From 4371 Users | 532 ReviewsDiscuss Epithetical Books Gypsy Boy
This book falls into the genre of tragic life stories and if you like that genre, it is a very good book. It is a true story told from the author's perspective of growing up in a gypsy community. A lot of what happens to Mikey is heartbreaking and I was so happy when he escaped and very glad that he got a happy ending. A lot of the practices described in the book are frightening and I cannot agree with the author when he still tries to defend the sexist, violent and homophobic community that heI thought this book was brilliantly written and very gripping.Then I found out it's possibly fiction, and we have all been fooled.Read this: http://davidvbarron.wordpress.com/cat...It's the blog of one of Mikey's ex-boyfriends, one who would be portrayed in a negative light in the sequel, "Gypsy Boy on the Run." He points out the falsehoods in both books. In particular, look at part 7.Now, I have to add the disclaimer that I don't know for sure what the real truth is, and I don't know either the
Wow! I suppose this book could easily just be looped in with the many horrifying child-abuse stories that run rampant off grocery store shelves, but this one is particularly interesting as it's about a culture that I knew nothing of, but always wanted to. It's true there are many bits of this book that kept me up at night, but it's also a book that was impossible to put down and had me racing onto the next chapter to see what would happen next to Mikey. A word to the sensitive in disposition,
FULL REVIEW TO COME SOONThe only autobiography I've ever finished, Gypsy boy is a beautifully written heart wrenching book that will mess with your emotions. Enlightening, dark, funny, horrifying and sweet- it is a mixture of everything possible.Absolutely loved it!
This book falls into the genre of tragic life stories and if you like that genre, it is a very good book. It is a true story told from the author's perspective of growing up in a gypsy community. A lot of what happens to Mikey is heartbreaking and I was so happy when he escaped and very glad that he got a happy ending. A lot of the practices described in the book are frightening and I cannot agree with the author when he still tries to defend the sexist, violent and homophobic community that he
This is a disturbing book. The author offers a very uncomplimentary view into the life of Gypsy families. Constant violence, beating of spouses and children. Daily drunkenness of males, with beating up each other outside the home too. Hopefully just as an exception, the author was being regularly raped by one of his uncles. Children are indoctrinated regularly to hate 'Gorgias' (non-Gypsies), and sent to school only for a few years (or not at all) to avoid tainting them(?). Males earn their
Mikey's birth was his father's dream come true! A son to carry on the family legacy of tough bare nuckle fighting Romany gypsy males. From day one his father began the task of preparing Mikey for the life of a fighter by placing a gold necklace with gold boxing gloves around his new born son's neck. Mikey however didn't match his tough, sadistic father's ideals, and soon his young life was one torment after another.As if suffering from daily beatings from his father, and run of the mill bullies
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