Gypsies at the Carnival (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781456746643)

Gypsies At The Carnival

Gypsies At The Carnival struggled for a long while to come into existence. It began with the germ of a re-told incident in the author's hometown. Approaching a strange digging from many perspectives and numerous plot possibilities, it finally came together in the life of a thirteen year old. Margarite emerges from her safe, comfortable proper, nurturing ginger-bread house of 1912 to find herself a Gypsy captive.

he discovery, the shock of ones true identity, the confrontation of cultures presents a timeless situation. Margarite can hardly believe the physical, emotional harshness, the explicit outcries of the Gypsy camp. She is the center of conflict. Recognizing she is on her own, she rises to the challenge, takes her life, her destiny in her own hands. A, "Rights of Passage", experience.