I'm home with a bad cold, and the only good thing about it is that I've been able to read The Battler by Mikey Walsh. Mikey grows up in a gypsy camp in 1980s England. His family are famous boxers and even before he is born, his father has big plans for his boxing career. When it turns out that Mikey has no talent for fighting, his father's anger is aroused and Mikey suffers brutal and regular abuse throughout his childhood.
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As a teenager, Mikey realises that he is gay, which is unthinkable for a gypsy boy. His only way out is to leave the Roma culture, the only life he knows. I can only agree with Mark Levengood's comment on the front cover: "I wish I hadn't read The Battler. Because then I would still have it in front of me. Lucky everyone who gets to read it."
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Across the board says:
Thanks for the tip! And here's a get well soon hug):
09 October 2012 - 20:25
admin says:
Across the board, oh thank you so much! It's warming!
🙂
09 October 2012 - 20:33
Agneta says:
Thanks for the tip, sounds like a book right up my alley!
Hope the nasty cold leaves you soon!
hug
09 October 2012 - 21:11
Frankie & Co says:
Get well soon!
If it's any consolation, we've had the same, took weeks but we emerged victorious from the battle against the cold, can we can you 🙂 .
10 October 2012 - 8:00
FANTSY DINING-A blog about themed restaurants & travel says:
Sounds like an interesting and exciting book! I have almost nothing to read, maybe you should get that book!
10 October 2012 - 9:02
Rondine says:
Haven't read or heard of it, but it sure sounds good
exciting!
I currently have too many unread items on my reading list so I'll have to
put the fighter on hold for a while...
11 October 2012 - 0:05