![]() ![]() ![]() But they are still treated as outsiders.Īs Christy's exposure to a different life causes him to question who he is and where he belongs, the answer may lie with an old newspaper photograph and a long-buried family secret that could change his life forever. A poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boys childhood in the 1950s from the. His father decides to settle down temporarily in a town where Christy and his cousin can attend mass and receive proper schooling. Buy a cheap copy of The Outside Boy book by Jeanine Cummins. The peripatetic life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. ![]() Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth. Jeanine Cummins is the author of three previous books, the novels The Outside Boy and The Crooked Branch, and one true crime work, A Rip In Heaven. ![]() Christy is a typical boy in many ways, but his alienation and isolation from the larger world have worked together to make him question the life his family has led. Ireland, 1959: Young Christy Hurley is a Pavee gypsy, traveling with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. : The Outside Boy (Paperback): Language: English. The Outside Boy is a coming of age story dropped into the rich history of Ireland’s gypsies during the mid-twentieth century. A poignant debut novel of an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950's by the author of the bestselling memoir ![]()
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