The Gypsy King By Julie Shaw
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Pen name for author Lynne Barrett Lee Born in London and now based in Wales Ghostwriter Lynne Barrett Lee has been a full time author since the mid nineties Having enjoyed several years of success as a short story writer with her fiction appearing in almost all of the UK s leading women s magazines she had her first novel the acclaimed Julia Gets a Life published by Bantam in 2000 She has since written seven further novels including her 2006 work Barefoot in the Dark which was shortlisted for the inaugural Melissa Nathan Award Lynne was also approached to write one of the first titles in the Quick Reads series for emergent readers and went on to ghost a further title for TV presenter Fiona Phillips. Gypsy king boxing match Lynne began ghostwriting full Pen name for author Lynne Barrett Lee Born in London and now based in Wales Ghostwriter Lynne Barrett Lee has been a full time author since the mid nineties Having enjoyed several years of success as a short story writer with her fiction appearing in almost all of the UK s leading women s magazines she had her first novel the acclaimed Julia Gets a Life published by Bantam in 2000 She has since written seven further novels including her 2006 work Barefoot in the Dark which was shortlisted for the inaugural Melissa Nathan Award Lynne was also approached to write one of the first titles in the Quick Reads series for emergent readers and went on to ghost a further title for TV presenter Fiona Phillips. Gypsy king boxing gloves Lynne began ghostwriting full length non fiction in 2007 when approached to co author paraplegic Melanie Davies incredible story Never Say Die and since that successful collaboration has been ghostwriting full time Her 2010 title for Faith Scott I Won t Forgive What You Did enjoyed seven weeks in the UK Sunday Times Bestseller list as did the 2012 memoir The Baby Laundry She also ghosted the acclaimed memoir Giant George life with the World s Tallest Dog a bestselling title in both the UK and US More recently Lynne ghosted two bestselling titles which were published in the spring of this year The first Mum s Way is the story of mum of eight Angie Millthorpe who died of breast cancer aged 48 in 2010 The second The Girl With No Name was published in May 13 and relates the story of a young girl abandoned in the jungles of Colombia and has already been sold in eighteen countries with film rights being negotiated and a National Geographic documentary being shown in December 13. Gypsy king serie Lynne also co writes a major non fiction series for one of the world s leading publishers under a pseudonym The first seven titles have also all been Sunday Times bestsellers with three being published in 2013 14 The series was launched in the USA in 2013 and the first ebook in the series was a NY Times bestseller Lynne also writes about writing as she teaches the craft weekly at Cardiff University her ebook NOVEL being the written distillation of her popular novel writing course site_link Set in Bradford in the 70 s and 80 s two families each with long buried secrets become entangled in ways that no one could ever imagine When the horrifying truth is revealed murder and revenge are only the start of the repercussions Bo Lee self proclaimed Gypsy king and his wife Violet are Romany Gypsies and live on a council provided Traveller site in Bradford Yearning for a son and heir the couple were devastated when after a prophesy claimed they were to have a son their first born was a daughter Mirela Determined to have a boy a few years later Violet was pregnant again and this time it was definitely to be a boy Clearly cursed they were almost broken when an accident caused Violet to lose the baby boy and leave her unable to bear any children Their customs and ways meant that despite the deep rooted hatred the couple came to have for each other they had to remain married but that didn t stop Bo Lee from taking other women whenever he wanted Maureen King was married to Big Pat and even though Pat was something of a gangster in Bradford running demolition teams and protection rackets Maureen was a council estate girl at heart and wouldn t accept all the trappings of Pat s high end lifestyle They lived on the infamous Canterbury estate in Bradford Big Pat spent a lot of time away from home leaving Maureen to enjoy the life of a single woman partying in the local pubs with her friends and having plenty of money to do it with They had two children in quick succession Patti and Danielle and these kids quickly learned how to manipulate their parents so that they too could lead an easy life A Romeo and Juliet style romance develops between 16 year old Patti and 15 year old Mirela Bo Lee had already chosen his nephew Chrissy Lee to be a husband for his daughter and was only waiting until she was 16 before he married them off Mirela hated Chrissy who was a bully and would torment her about making her his and she began to question her people s ways and vowed she would fight against them Patti and Mirela conduct their relationship in secret whenever and wherever they can and soon fall in love Within a couple of months Mirela finds out she is pregnant and the couple try to hide it for as long as they can Bina the Gypsy fortune teller finds out the truth from listening to gossip from some of the young Gypsies and when Mirela goes to her for help by way of a reading Bina proclaims that Mirela is filled with the seed of sin and all she can do is run The Gypsy KingWhat an incredibly interesting read but also really sad and devastating I was expecting some of the things that unfolded 201 West Bowling Bradford. Gypsy king en concert And the gypsy family Lee Violet and Bo with their fourteen year old daughter Mirela Violet is known as Violent Lee and Bo six foot built like a brick and is striving to become the gypsy king but he always saw Violet right Their daughter high spirited who will choose her own man meets Patti King and they fall in love Both the Lee s and the king s hate each other s guts and this book tells us from the start to the end the most gruelling chapters that I found unputdownable. The gypsy kings It really is a one of a kind and the author has captured every single chapter that are so gripping with full on twists to entertain the readers I loved it all right through to the very end and that ending is just desserts will leave it right there for readers to find out for themselves: Gypsy king boxing match Brilliant absolutely brilliant 5 stars 201 So goodits been a while a book from this author but worth the wait: Gypsy king boxing match its an amazing gripping read I read it in a day 201 Excellent book a follow on would be very Good 201
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