Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community & little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders & if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows only too well. Growing up he rarely went to school & seldom mixed with non-Gypsies. The caravan & camp were his world. But although Mikey inherited a vibrant & loyal culture his family's legacy was bittersweet with a hidden history of grief & abuse. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision
- to stay & keep secrets or escape & find somewhere he could truly belong. Read the second part of Mikey's amazing story in Gypsy Boy on the Run