I read "Wanderings" over several weeks. Though I anticipated an easy read, I ended up taking something like 6 pages of notes which probably translate rather poorly into a synopsis of the book. The book refers to Roma as Gypsies throughout the entirety of it, but FYI, I will personally refer to Roma people as Roma only. I was hoping for a straight-forward bullet point work but instead found much controversy and complexity. The essays were well written but not overwhelming. She said that specifically this would be a very good gentle introduction into our heritage for someone like me who has very recently learned through genetic testing that a small percentage of my DNA is from East Asia and India. Upon the first glance, I thought it would be easy too. Wanderers of the World" written for the National Geographic Society on recommendation of my adopted sister. The first question was of course, why this book? I first chose Bart McDowell's "Gypsies. In the end I decided to approach my review by structuring it around several questions that presented themselves as I was reading. Though possessing only 215 pages more than half of which were photographs, the book presented a major challenge to me as a learner. When preparing to review my first book, I didn't really have any specific plans how I would do it.
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