Gypsy Princess - A touching memoir of a Romany childhood

Zusatztext '[A] fascinating insight into Gypsy culture and community' Informationen zum Autor Violet Margaret Princess Cannon was born and bred in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and raised in the traditional Romany way. At thirty-one, and in contrast to the media's portrayal of Gypsies and their culture, Violet has an education, a job and a divorce to her name. She has spent the last eight years working with Gypsies and Travellers, fighting to gain the community recognition as an ethnic minority in its own right. Violet is the founding member of the Northern Network of Travelling People and the Chairperson of the Romany Woman's Union, and has appeared in Closer magazine and on This Morning, and is about to judge the national Miss Gypsy UK competition. Klappentext Gypsy Princess is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Violet Cannon's very own Romany childhood Vorwort Gypsy Princess is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Violet Cannon's very own Romany childhood Zusammenfassung Gypsy Princess is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Violet Cannon's very own Romany childhood

Product details

• Authors: VIOLET CANNON, Cannon Violet
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780755362837
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-6283-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Relating to Romani people and Travellers, Relating to childhood, Romany