Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: The Dresses, the Drama, the Secrets Unveiled

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Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 29, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 288 pages
BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS has been the most talked-about show on TV and delivered ratings almost as enormous as the frothy, bejewelled frocks its subjects wear. This book offers a window into the secret and surprising world of Gypsies and Travellers in Britain today. From spectacular first communions, strict courtings and jaw-dropping weddings, this book covers all the extraordinary rite-of-passage events in a Gypsy's life and offers an insight into their fascinating world. All the favourite characters from the show are there - from Thelma the miracle dressmaker to Paddy, the champion bare-knuckle boxer. Warm, engrossing and funny, BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS lays bare an exotic unseen Britain that exists right on our doorstep.
 

Contents

Introduction
We Traveller Girls Grow Up Fast
Its a Mans World
Pride and Prejudice
Kiss and Tell
Boy Meets Girl Old School
Dress Rehearsal
Behind Closed
Something Old Something
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