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No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers
Katharine Quarmby
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Description for No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers
Paperback. The shocking, poignant story of rejection, eviction and the fight for a home Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JMG; JFSL1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
They are reviled. For centuries the Roma have wandered Europe; during the Holocaust half a million were killed. After World War II and during the Troubles, a wave of Irish Travellers moved to England to make a better, safer life. They found places to settle down – but then, as Occupy was taking over Wall Street and London, the vocal Dale Farm community in Essex was evicted from their land. Many did not leave quietly; they put up a legal and at times physical fight.
Award-winning journalist Katharine Quarmby takes us into the heat of the battle, following the ... Read more
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Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851689491
SKU
V9781851689491
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99-50
About Katharine Quarmby
Katharine Quarmby’s journalism has appeared in The Economist, Private Eye, The Times, the Mail on Sunday and the Guardian, among other publications. She has been a finalist for the prestigious Paul Foot Prize and has produced films for BBC Newsnight and Panorama. Her first book, Scapegoat, on hate crimes against disabled people, won the AMIA International Literature award. She lives ... Read more
Reviews for No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers
‘Katharine Quarmby does an excellent job of teasing out the many nuances [of the situation for Gypsies and Travellers]… it is essential reading for anyone who wants to get beyond the flippant, homogenising headlines’
Literary Review
'Meticulously researched… necessary and timely.'
The Tablet
‘With a keen sense of compassion and unwavering frankness, Katharine Quarmby breaks through ... Read more
Literary Review
'Meticulously researched… necessary and timely.'
The Tablet
‘With a keen sense of compassion and unwavering frankness, Katharine Quarmby breaks through ... Read more