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Angelina's Children

ISBN-13: 9781904738107

Author(s): Alice Ferney

Subjects: FA, FBA, FBC

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Publisher Imprint: Bitter Lemon Press

Publication Date: 02-06-2005

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£8.99
Angelina's Children

About the book

A beautifully written novel set in a gypsy settlement in a suburban no-man's land. Angelina, the clan leader, dominates her sons and their wives. In a world without jobs, running water or electricity a family is always threatened with expulsion. Into this environment arrives Esther, a gadge, a librarian with a mission - to bring books to children who have none. The gypsies greet her with suspicion, but are eventually seduced by the weekly readings to the children. Esther then gets adopted...