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Our Forgotten Years: A Gypsy Woman's Life On The Road (2010)

by Maggie Smith-Bendell(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1902806913 (ISBN13: 9781902806914)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

University Of Hertfordshire Press

review 1: Brilliant! The story of a young gypsy girl, travelling with her family in the 50's. Totally truthful, written through the eyes of an innocent 7 year old. She doesn't understand why the wagons were moved on, or why the children at school were bullying her and her older brother. The story follows her to her marriage of a gorga, and her own children, and the continuing struglles of being branded a gypsy. A definite read for people with an open mind and the hope that the Romani ways will not be forgotten
review 2: This wasn't a book that gripped me, hence it took me ages to read (with umpteen other books read in between). The reminiscences of a gypsy childhood were very well depicted & interesting to read, & the matter-of-fact way in which the author described some... more of the tragedies which befell her family only made them more tragic; since the book was a memoir of the author's life, it naturally chronicled the changes to the gypsy peoples' freedom wrought by legislation & police pressure, but the final few chapters I felt fizzled out into barely more than a list of organisations & attendances at committee meetings.I hope I haven't slated this book too much, as I'm definitely glad that I read it less

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