{"product_id":"9781912624942-the-girl-from-nowhere","title":"The Girl from Nowhere","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Romani Ghetto Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in a Romani ghetto, Eliska Tanzer has only one dream - to go to school. But education isn't for gypsy girls. \u003cbr\u003eThis is her unflinching account of overcoming poverty and persecution, as she fights to find her place in the world as an educated woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy mother was a prostitute. My grandmother and great-grandmother were prostitutes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaybe I should have given the family business a chance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC RADIO 4 PICK OF THE WEEK, Katie Puckrik\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Eliska's story is an extraordinary and powerful read. It's the ultimate book about survival and an against-all-odds fight to make it in life. Highly recommend.' \u003cb\u003eClover Stroud\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A scintillating, devastating memoir, and a fiercely witty and unabashed tribute to the toughness of the human spirit.' \u003cb\u003eDamian Le Bas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo westerners, being Gypsy means being wild, romantic and free.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Eliska Tanzer, it means being rented out to dance for older men. It means living without running water. It means not being allowed a job or an education. It means being stuffed into a bare room with all your aunts and cousins, fighting over the thin, stained blanket the way you fight over the last piece of half-mouldy bread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt means joining the family prostitution ring when you're still a child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Eliska was given a way out. Slung out of Hoe School and shipped to England in a washing machine box, she thought she had made it. But her dream soon turned into a nightmare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving and timely memoir from a powerful new voice in literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33071065464929,"sku":"9781912624942","price":4.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26144929.jpg?v=1721278077","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781912624942-the-girl-from-nowhere","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}