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Jessie's Journey: Autobiography of a Traveller Girl
by
Jess Smith
From the ages of 5 to 15, Jess Smith lived with her parents, sisters and a mongrel dog in an old, blue Bedford bus. They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, and much of England too, stopping here and there until they were moved on by the local authorities or driven by their own instinctive need to travel. By campfires, under the unchanging stars they brewed up te
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Paperback
,
245 pages
Published
March 1st 2008
by Birlinn Ltd
(first published December 31st 2002)
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Read this to see if I can use it for my class on gypsies.
I found it took me a while to get used to her voice, but once I was there I enjoyed it. As I read it with a specific purpose in mind (whether to use it with an advanced English as a foreign language course), I was a bit frustrated by the liberal use of "unusual" language. There is a one page glossary at the back, but half of the unusual words listed at the back are in fact explained when encountered in the text, whereas dozens of other wor ...more
I found it took me a while to get used to her voice, but once I was there I enjoyed it. As I read it with a specific purpose in mind (whether to use it with an advanced English as a foreign language course), I was a bit frustrated by the liberal use of "unusual" language. There is a one page glossary at the back, but half of the unusual words listed at the back are in fact explained when encountered in the text, whereas dozens of other wor ...more
amazing read very honest and pure to the way of life back then to the travellers and understand the life
Escape into a world of endless summer's in this beautiful account of a childhood on the road around the Scottish countryside.
I loved this book! Bruar's Rest is one of my absolute favourite books and so I was very much looking forward to reading about Jess Smiths own experiences of being a traveller. Jessie's Journey did not let me down. The author is wonderful at taking the reader on incredibly descriptive, touching and humorous tales of her childhood and the photos in the book really made it come to life for me. I can't wait to read the next 2 books in the series!
Have read all these books I can find/buy in Scotland. Great history of a long ago life. Sometimes it is romanized for such a way of hard life, often sad, mostly joyous. Going to Perthshire area brings it alive.
An enjoyable tale about a long-gone lifestyle. At first I liked the various folk tales woven into the story but eventually they began to pall and I would have preferred more about Jessie's life.
Interesting story I read in Scotland about a Scottish family of travellers. Very different.
haven't read it yet don't know how to open the book to read
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