Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
Maggie Smith-Bendell
* An enchanting and utterly absorbing memoir of a forgotten way of life
* Previously published as Our Forgotten Years
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Summary
Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. As a child, Maggie rode and slept in a horse-drawn wagon, picked hops and flowers, and sat beside her father's campfire on ancient verges, poor but free to roam. As the twentieth century progressed, common land was fenced off and the traditional ways disappeared. Eventually Maggie married a house-dweller and tried to settle for bricks and mortar, but she never lost the restless spirit, the deep love of the land and the gift for storytelling that were her Romani inheritance.
Maggie's story is one of hardship and prejudice, but also, unforgettably, it recalls the glories of the travelling life, in the absolute safety of a loyal and loving family.
Product Description
Title - Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
Edition -
Author - Maggie Smith-Bendell
ISBN 13 - 9780349123615
Imprint - Abacus
Publisher - Little, Brown Book Group
Date Published - 16/09/2010
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 131 x 199 x 21mm
Weight - 226 g
Languages - English