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Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies (Original 2010; 2012. Auflage)

von Mikey Walsh (Autor)

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Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They lived in a closeted community, and little is known of 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 all too well. Growing up, he didn't go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies and the caravan became his world. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonizing decision, to stay and keep secrets, or escape to find somewhere to belong. His father and grandfather were champion bareknuckle boxers in England's Gypsy community. But Mikey had no interest in fighting. He was proud of his heritage and loved his mother and sister, but as he grew older he came to realize he had a secret that would never be accepted: he was gay. This memoir reveals, for the first time, what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies. It is a culture apart, one that is equally more criminal and more puritanical than our own.… (mehr)
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Titel:Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
Autoren:Mikey Walsh (Autor)
Info:Thomas Dunne Books (2012), Edition: First Edition ~1st Printing, 288 pages
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Gypsy Boy: One Boy's Struggle to Escape from a Secret World von Mikey Walsh (2010)

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Wow; this book starts out all lightweight. You think it's going to be a big romp taking the pee out of the gypsies, but it soon turns dark & just keeps getting darker, The only good news is that Mikey survives, as is evidenced by this book. No child should ever have to live through what he did. Gripping. ( )
  BBrookes | Dec 9, 2023 |
Wow.. What a fantastic read. I never realised such things went on in the gypsy world. this book had me gripped from the first page. Definatly worth a read and if i could give it more marks i would. GO BUY.. GO BUY
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  TheReadingShed001 | Mar 1, 2023 |
Wow.. What a fantastic read. I never realised such things went on in the gypsy world. this book had me gripped from the first page. Definatly worth a read and if i could give it more marks i would. GO BUY.. GO BUY
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  TheReadingShed01 | Feb 25, 2023 |
Mikey nació en una familia gitana romaní con una larga tradición como campeones de boxeo callejero, sin guantes. Se trata de una comunidad cerrada y se sabe muy poco sobre la vida en ella. Rara vez iba a la escuela y muy pocas veces se mezclaba con personas que no fueran gitanas; la caravana y el campamento eran su mundo. Lógico: después de siglos de persecución, los gitanos desconfían de los forasteros. La lealtad es un valor fundamental en la comunidad; si decides irte, nunca podrás volver, algo que Mikey sabe muy bien. Aunque ha heredado una cultura vibrante y leal, por la que siente orgullo, el legado de su familia es agridulce, con una historia oculta de dolor y abuso, que le puso ante una angustiosa disyuntiva: quedarse y guardar los secretos, o escapar y encontrar un lugar en el que pudiera encajar.

El chico gitano nos permite sumergirnos en un modo de vida y una cultura que pocas veces podemos conocer de cerca y a los que, a menudo, nos acercamos con demasiados prejuicios. A través de la historia personal de Walsh conseguimos saber más y disipar muchos de los mitos que hemos creado alrededor de la cultura gitana romaní. Pero también nos acerca a un relato duro, traumático, de un chico que tiene que alejarse de lo único que conoce para poder ser él mismo.
  bibliotecayamaguchi | Mar 10, 2020 |
Mikey ha nacido en una familia gitana romaní con larga tradición como campeones de boxeo sin guantes. Ha vivido siempre en una comunidad cerrada. Rara vez iba a la escuela y pocas veces se mezclaba con personas que no eran gitanas. La caravana y el campamento eran su mundo. Está orgulloso de su cultura pero el legado de su familia es agridulce, con una historia de pena y abuso donde se ve obligado a tomar una decisión agonizante: quedarse y guardar los secretos, o escapar y encontrar un lugar al que realmente pueda pertenecer.A través de su historia conseguimos saber más y disipar muchos mitos creados alrededor de la cultura gitana romaní. Pero también nos acerca a un relato duro, traumático, de un chico que tiene que alejarse de lo único que conoce para poder ser él mismo.
  bibliest | May 16, 2019 |
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Not to be confused with "Gypsy Boy on the Run" (2011), the second volume of his memoirs.
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Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They lived in a closeted community, and little is known of 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 all too well. Growing up, he didn't go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies and the caravan became his world. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonizing decision, to stay and keep secrets, or escape to find somewhere to belong. His father and grandfather were champion bareknuckle boxers in England's Gypsy community. But Mikey had no interest in fighting. He was proud of his heritage and loved his mother and sister, but as he grew older he came to realize he had a secret that would never be accepted: he was gay. This memoir reveals, for the first time, what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies. It is a culture apart, one that is equally more criminal and more puritanical than our own.

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