6/10/2023 0 Comments The diddakoi![]() ![]() I would have loved the book and reread it millions of times as a child, but I'm not really sure about this message in the end that being taken in by Nice White People and having them graciously preserve your ~beautiful culture~ is the answer. I was tremendously invested in the characters, and I liked how Kizzy's trauma and recovery were depicted - reminded me a lot of Goodnight Mr Tom. I did find this enormously satisfying in a lot of ways. ![]() " See review of Peacock Spring for critique. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.I want to run out and read some grown up books about gypsy life now." ![]() The idea of the old ways and the new ways even within the Romany group themselves was also intriguing. I'd also loved to have had Miss Brooke's back story. I did enjoy it as a grown up but wished for a fleshing out of certain characters such as the Admiral and his household of men. ![]() "I am always fascinated with anything to do with gypsies and would love to have read this as a child. Luckily, in the midst of all this misery and interference, there were some people who loved Kizzy as she was - and with them this lonely little outcast found a true home at last. But then Gran died and faithful old Joe was sent to the knackers - and Kizzy to the gorgios. And as long as she had her Gran, and Joe the old horse, she would be all right. Kizzy was a diddakoi, a half-gypsy, but the more the children at school tormented her, the more determined she was not to become one of 'them' - gorgios. ![]()
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