Rosemary Penfold

This book was absolutely lovely.
A Field Full of Butterflies is the collected memories of Rosemary Penfold who was born in a Romany wagon in England, 1938.
This was one of the lovlier books I've read so far this year. And if it hadn't been for the poverty & the racism they dealt with on a daily basis it would have been an ideal childhood. It was rathe sentimental at times & there wasn't much about Romany culture at all unfortunately. Possibly because of the changing times but most of it read like a normal childhood but with wagons insead of houses!
All in all though it was a very charming story & portrays how important family is in the face of extreme adversity.… (mehr)

A biographical account of a Gypsy/Romany family growing up during and after WW2.

This reads as if written by a child. It is definitely in need of a good edit as there was a lot of repetition, even whole sentences were repeated within a few paragraphs of each other! A lot of the detail also seemed just to be fleshing out the narrative rather than adding anything interesting. I lost track of all of the names/characters as they all blended together.

I gave up on this book as it just didn't keep my interest. It might appeal to someone carrying out research on this people group.… (mehr)