The Year the Gypsies Came

A future classic - The Year the Gypsies Came is the stunning and haunting first novel by Linzi Glass.

Wonderful . . . This is a new book with an old and wise heart. It may well have the makings of a classic

Beautifully, powerfully and compellingly written . . . extraordinarily moving

Realistically evoking the perspective of a child of the era, Glass spins a lyrical story that is at once heartbreaking and hopeful

This outstanding first novel arcs beautifully to its terrible climax and is deeply moving

Every now and then a book comes along that's unusual, compelling and deeply absorbing yet is so tragically simple, it leaves an indelible trace on the memory. The Year the Gypsies Came is one of these

Linzi Glass was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to the United States as a young adult. She has published articles, and written plays, screenplays, short stories and now novels &ndash; The Year the Gypsies Came and Ruby Red. She lives in Los Angeles with her teenage daughter, Jordan.

Emily Iris looks forward to the times her parents welcome house guests to their family's unhappy home. As long as the visitors are there, her mother and father will put their quarrels aside. But one spring a family of wanderers &ndash; an Australian couple and their two boys &ndash; comes to stay, starting a chain of events that will shatter Emily's world forever. 
 
Will appeal to readers of Jennifer Donnelly's A Gathering Light and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. 
 
On hardback publication this fabulous first novel attracted stunning acclaim.

Linzi Glass

In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. 
 
Ruby can&rsquo;t resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose presence brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. She might not see race, colour or creed &ndash; but it seems everybody else does . . . 
 
This dazzling novel will entrance teenage and adult readers alike.

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