Maggie Smith Bendell: 2 books

Book cover of Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two

Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two

A Gypsy Family’s Hard Times and Happy Times on the Road in the 1950s

by Maggie Smith-Bendell
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010

Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. As a child, Maggie rode and slept in a horse-drawn wagon, picked hops and flowers, and sat beside her...
Book cover of After All These Years

After All These Years

Our Gypsy Journey Continues

by Maggie Smith-Bendell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013

Set in the context of the Gypsies’ long and rich history, this autobiography secures the memories of the old ways of Gypsy life and culture at the dawn of the 21st century. Full of the author’s vivid recollections, these pages recount her experiences growing up as a Gypsy in rural England. At...
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