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(More customer reviews)Modern Day Europe 2010: Anti-gypsy campaigns, gypsy camps bulldozed, a new climate of intolerance with movements in some countries now openly hostile to ethnic minorities and migrants. This book is a MUST READ for anyone wanting to get background on what's going on today with this persecuted ethnic group.
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In 1956 Khrushchev s Thaw triggers the Hungarian Revolution andupheaval in the Soviet Empire. During Khrushchev s first state visit to Helsinki, Dosha, starrider of the Soviet Dressage Team and her horse defect with the help of localGypsies. The novel follows the life of Dosha, a Gypsy in disguise. It offersunique insight into the tribal life of nomadic Gypsies, who under Stalin joinedpartisans fighting Nazi invaders, only to face entrapment during Khrushchev sThaw. By then Dosha and her talented circus horse have been drafted into thedressage team in Leningrad.Navigating political intrigue, narrowly escaping discovery by the KGB, sheenters a love forbidden to Gypsy women. One goal remains uppermost in her mindleading her tribe and her horse to freedom in the West.Discoveries: A KircusService: "Meyer's writing is crisp andspeedy, crackling with sharp metaphors and rich descriptions."Julia Ann Charpentie,Foreword Reviews: "Edgy, entertaining, and filled withpolitical stratagem, even a jaded fan of novels set during the Soviet era willnot be disappointed. Indeed, Meyer's knowledge and research shine on every page."Dorothy Morkis, US Olympic Dressage Rider:"The brilliance with which Sonia Meyer portrays both the magical connection between a horse and rider performing the intricate movements of dressage, and the intuitive love and feeling are to my mind unsurpassed in fiction."ReneSchwiesow, Massachusetts poet and writer,co-host of Plymouth'sArt of Words: "There isrichness to her images, depth in her characters, and fluidity in her narration."
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