Gypsy Boy on the Run: My Escape from a Life Among the Romany Gypsies (Hardcover) by Mikey Walsh

from sarahlizfits

I had hoped this book was a continuation or the story of the happily ever after ending of the last book, but it isn't that and left me as sad as his first book. My only complaint is the repetition of paragraphs and (seemingly) pages from the first book. For people who didn't read Gypsy Boy, the r...

from EowynA

This is the autobiography of a Romany boy who did not fit into the Romany macho culture because he was gay. As a consequence, he eventually left his family, fleeing from retribution and trying to make it in what was to him a basically foreign culture, though he had spent his whole life in Britain...

from iluvvideo

This book affected me profoundly. I found myself entwined in the authors struggle to separate from a profound family disconnect due to his homosexuality, exacerbated by the strict cultural norms of the Gypsies. As he struggles to establish himself as a person, find love and acceptance,and develop...

from JAshleyOdell

"Expected." That's the best word I can think of for describing "Gypsy Boy on the Run," which I received through the First Reads program. Maybe it's that I've already read so many other books about people fleeing insular religious and ethnic groups. Maybe it's the Romany tell-all media saturation ...