The Girl in the Painted Caravan

Author: Eva Petulengro
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447200136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Born into a Romany gypsy family in 1939, Eva Petulengro’s childhood seemed to her to be idyllic in every way. She would travel the country with her family in their painted caravan and spend evenings by the fire as they sang and told stories of their past. She didn’t go to school or visit a doctor when she was unwell. Instead her family would gather wild herbs to make traditional remedies, hunt game and rabbits, and while the men tended horses to make a living, the young girls would join the women in reading palms. But Eva’s perfect world would be turned upside down as the countryside became increasingly hostile to all travellers. Eva describes the wonderful characters in her family, from her grandfather ‘Naughty’ Petulengro to her four beautiful aunts who entranced everyone they met, as well as the fascinating people they came across on the road. Moving, evocative, romantic and funny, The Girl in the Painted Caravan vividly captures a way of life that has now, sadly, all but disappeared.

The Girl in the Painted Caravan

Author: Eva Petulengro
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 1743282265
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Born into a Romany gypsy family in 1939, Eva Petulengro's childhood seemed to her to be idyllic in every way. She would travel the country with her family in their painted caravan and spend evenings by the fire as they sang and told stories of their past. Her family would gather wild herbs to make traditional remedies, hunt game and rabbits, and while the men tended horses to make a living, the young girls would join the women in reading palms.

The Girl in the Painted Caravan

Author: Eva Petulengro
Publisher: Charnwood
ISBN: 9781444809787
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
'The Girl in the Painted Caravan' vividly captures a way of life that has now, sadly, all but disappeared. The book tells the story of Romany gypsy, Eva Petulengro.

Travelling Art

Author: Gordon Thorburn
Publisher: Jack Newman
ISBN: 9780752455020
Category : Canal-boats
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Travelling art

The Fairy Caravan

Author: Beatrix Potter
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0723265518
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
THE FAIRY CARAVAN is the story of a miniature circus, William and Alexander's Travelling Circus. It is no ordinary circus, for Alexander is a highland terrier and William is Pony Billy who draws the caravan. Beatrix Potter wrote this chapter book for older children towards the end of her writing career. She wrote it for her own pleasure and at the request of friends in America who shared her love of the Lake District and north country tales.

The girl in the painted caravan

Author: Eva Petulengro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description

Gypsy Boy on the Run

Author: Mikey Walsh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 125002188X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
An English man struggles to define himself and his sexuality outside the bounds of traditional Romany culture in this intimate memoir. “Funny, touching, and heartbreaking in equal measures . . . a coming-of-age tale like no other.” —Grazia magazine Mikey Walsh didn’t know what life was like beyond his Gypsy community. But after fleeing home at age fifteen, he had no choice but to find out. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave, you can never come back. Torn between his family and his heart, Mikey struggled to come to terms with the Gypsy culture and its violent, conservative traditions. At last, he decided to set out on his own. He soon discovered the outside world wasn’t all that he expected, and his life would never be the same again. A shocking yet ultimately triumphant memoir, Gypsy Boy on the Run follows Mikey as he comes to terms with himself, his family, and his past—and builds a new life for himself. “A great-hearted book of tenderness and brutality.” —Kirkus Reviews “Every bit as stellar as its predecessor. If you’re searching for something for vacation, weekending or just because, Gypsy Boy on the Run is the best escape.” —The Washington Blade

Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan

Author: Hildi Kang
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1933718625
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
Chengli is an orphaned errand boy who lives in Chang'an China in 630 A.D. His mother has died from illness and his father is presumed dead after disappearing into the desert when Chengli was a baby. Now thirteen, Chengli feels ready for independence. He is drawn to the desert, beckoned by the howling of strange winds and the hope of learning something about his father--who he was and how he died. Chengli joins a caravan to travel down the merchant route known as the Silk Road, but it is a dangerous life, as his father knew. The desert is harsh, and there are many bandits--bandits interested in Chengli's caravan because a princess, her servants, and royal guards are traveling with them. But the desert is full of amazing places and life-changing experiences, as the feisty princess learns the meaning of friendship and Chengli learns the heroism of which he is capable.

Such, Such Were the Joys

Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780141394374
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
In this bitingly honest autobiographical essay, Orwell recounts his days as a pupil at St Cyprian's preparatory school in Eastbourne, Sussex. He reflects on a 'world of force and fraud and secrecy,' where the actual 'pattern of school life' was played out as a continuous triumph of the strong over the weak. Reflecting on the hypocrisy of Edwardian society, Orwell condemns the education he received as 'a preparation for a sort of confidence trick,' designed mercinarily to prepare pupils for exams without concern for real knowledge or understanding. This is Orwell as political dissident and supreme chronicler of class conflict.

The Vardo

Author: Kimberly J. Smith
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387422960
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
Death is so boring. At least that's how fifteen-year-old Callie finds being stuck "in between," until the day she discovers someone has left a newborn baby in the old gypsy wagon (or "vardo" as it's also called") in Wailing Woods. Determined to save the child, she tracks down Laney, the girl who barely survived the same car wreck that took Callie's life three years earlier (and whose mother's recklessness caused the accident in the first place). A mysterious connection between the two girls allows Callie to lead Laney into the spooky forest to save the baby. Laney hopes the newborn will finally help her family heal, but when Callie's grieving parents end up with custody, emotional wounds are deepened. Callie pieces together the mystery connecting the baby, the fleeting psychic powers Laney has had since the accident, and the too-good-to-be-true new guy in town. Could there be a reason Callie hasn't moved on to whatever comes next? Could she be the only one capable of putting things right?