Tears for a tinker
Subtitle: Jessie's journey concludes
By: Jess Smith
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781841587141
Subjects: Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people); Biography; Folklore
Description: "In the third and final book of Jess Smith's autobiographical trilogy, Jess traces her eventful life with Dave and their three children, from their earliest years together. Their adventures and achievements are interspersed with stories of her parents' childhood, her father's 'tall tales' and the eerie echoes of ghosts and hauntings that she has heard from gypsies and travellers over many years. Fans of Jess Smith will not be disappointed with her latest memoir, full of more unforgettable characters and insight into the travellers' way of life, a tradition that stretches back more than 2000 years and survives in the rich oral tradition of its people."--