American Gypsy: A Memoir
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A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming American
Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti is a Gypsy. This means touring with the family band from the Mongolian deserts to the Siberian tundra. It means getting your hair cut in โthe Lioness.โ It also means enduring sneering racism from every segment of Soviet society. Her father is determined that his girls lead a better, freer life. In America! Also, he wants to play guitar with B. B. King. And cure cancer with his personal magnetism. All of this he confides to the woman at the American embassy, who inexplicably allows the family entry. Soon they are living on
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Manufacturer: FSG Originals
Release date: 3 July 2012
ISBN-10 : 0374104077 | ISBN-13: 9780374104078
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Release date: 3 July 2012
ISBN-10 : 0374104077 | ISBN-13: 9780374104078