The Outside Boy: A Novel
A poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950's from the national bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven and American Dirt. Ireland, 1959 Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Chri...show more
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I initially chose to read this book as I am a huge fan of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins and I also love Ireland, but I will admit it took me a bit to get into the story as it is told from the perspective of a young boy, which is not the point of view I am typically used to. However, there were a lot of unexpected twists in the story and it did make me surprisingly emotional as well!
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