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  The Virgin Cure

  by Ami McKay

  The much-anticipated follow-up to the phenomenon that is The Birth House , The Virgin Cure secures Ami McKay's place as one of our most beguiling storytellers. "I am Moth, a girl from the lowest part of Chrystie Street, born to a slum-house mystic and the man who broke her heart." So begins The Virgin Cure , a novel set in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871. As a young child, Moth's father... (more)
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  Bury Me Standing

  The Gypsies & Their Journey

  by Isabel Fonseca

  Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant portrait of a mysterious people and an essential document of a disappearing culture. 50 photos.
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  Madeline: Book 4

  Madeline and the Gypsies

  by Ludwig Bemelmans

  Madeline and Pepito have run off to join the carnival with a band of traveling gypsies! At first they're having the time of their lives, but then they get homesick. Leave it to clever Miss Clavel to find Madeline and Pepito and bring them home.
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  A History of the Romani People

  by Khristo Ki?u?chukov

  Grade 4-6–Kyuchukov and Hancock, both Romanies, offer a brief, useful introduction to their people. Misnamed Gypsies since the 15th century because they were mistakenly thought to be Egyptians, the Romani, and their customs, have been deeply misunderstood. In clear language, the two-page chapters explain their way of life. Marriage, childbirth, occupations (fortune-telling, woodworking, bear-training), traditional... (more)
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  Lola's Luck: My Life Among the California Gypsies

  by Carol Miller

  Gypsies in America are hidden. With estimates between fifty thousand and more than a million, the Gypsy population is as mysterious as their ways, and misinformation keeps them outside the mainstream. With unprecedented vividness, Lola's Luck peers behind the curtain to find the authentic story of an extraordinary woman, "expert advisor on love, business and marriage." Her colorful story reveals how Gypsies live... (more)