![]() 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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