The year the gypsies came - Rambling Readers

English language

Published March 15, 2006 by H. Holt.

ISBN:: 978-0-8050-7999-9
OCLC Number:: 61200747

(1 review)

In Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1960s, twelve-year-old Emily, who longs for affection from her quarreling parents, finds comfort in the stories of a Zulu servant and in her friendship with a young houseguest who has an equally troubled family.

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1 star

I started this keenly and enjoyed the first few chapters when I suddenly just got bored and didn't bother to finish it. Not something I often do and I can't even really explain why. It just felt as though there was nothing new to look forward to. Perhaps I missed the best part.

Subjects

Family problems -- Fiction
Apartheid -- Fiction
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
South Africa -- History -- 1961- -- Fiction