{"product_id":"gypsy-boy-9781250022028","title":"Gypsy Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Eye-Opening Memoir of Growing Up Gypsy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMikey Walsh was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a secluded 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is something Mikey knows only too well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing 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 upbringing, but although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture, his family's legacy was bittersweet, with a hidden history of violence and grief. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonizing decision--to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere to belong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGypsy Boy \u003c\/i\u003eshows, for the first time, what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies. A surprise #1 bestseller in Great Britain, this is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a little-seen world, one both fascinating and heartbreaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250022028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.53w x 0.74d","brand":"Mikey Walsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648502198428,"sku":"9781250022028","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6fd4a899-20ff-43e2-9907-dee9909f7525.jpg?v=1603870215","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gypsy-boy-9781250022028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}