American Gypsy

by Oksana Marafioti

Book Overview

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 "the Lioness." 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374104077
• ISBN13: 9780374104078
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.2"