The Gypsy's Lie (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517362072)

It's the summer of 1953 and in the South of England, Mickey Ray is living a lie. Mickey is a bareknuckle boxer, a prize-fighting gypsy who is the son of the Romany camp's leader. He is eighteen and is engaged to Rosa, a strong, traditional Romany girl. Mickey's lie is simple, he is gay in a society that won't worry about the illegality of the fact, they would see him dead for it. Mickey accepted a long time ago how his life would be but he has a chance encounter with a local teenager. Tom is a quiet, introverted boy; raised by his mother after his father died in the war. His education places him between being a labourer and a clerk and as such, he fits in neither world. Solitary and frequently bullied, the youth spends his time buried in library books. When Mickey and Tom meet, Mickey has the first glimpse of a possible alternate future than obligation dictated to him.

Author: Cj Heath
ISBN-10: 1517362075
ISBN-13: 9781517362072
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/21/2015
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.76d