Gypsy

Name: Gypsy
Rating: 4.642857074737549 (28 reviews)

Lesley Pearse

Jul 2008 · Penguin UK

28 reviews

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Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse

Tragedy sent her on a journey far from home . . .

Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her brother Sam are orphaned.

Believing that only in America can they make a fresh start, brother and sister leave Liverpool and embark on the greatest adventure of their lives.

In New York, Beth's talent with the fiddle earns her the friendship of gamblers, chancers and other rogues. Dodging trouble across America, Beth and her friends head for the Klondike river in search of gold.

But how far must Beth go to find happiness?

And will her travels lead this gypsy to a place she can ever call home?

Praise for Lesley Pearse:

'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail

'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella

'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly

Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse Tragedy sent her on a journey far from home . . . Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her brother Sam are orphaned. Believing that ...

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28 reviews

Crystal Kocbuch

October 16, 2025

great read, it was such an adventure! i loved the ending too. Well balanced with ups and downs. i wished it carried on to be honest! Only downside was i felt the main protagonist lacked some consistency, i know the whole point was her developing but one minute she'd be outraged by a lie the next minute she'd do something ten times worse.

Paula Stevens

August 16, 2018

I'm just discovering Lesley Pearce. This is the second one I've read so can't compare it to others. Got so interested in it that I began to read around the Gold Rush and Dawson City, only to find that some characters really existed. Excellent.

Amanda Ludlow

June 14, 2021

loved it never disappoints had me hooked from the start read Belle before Gypsy loved it

About the author

International bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life as rich with incidents, setbacks and joys as any found in her novels. By the mid-sixties she was living in London, sharing flats, partying hard and married to a trumpet player in a jazz-rock band. She has also worked as a nanny and a Playboy bunny, owned a gift shop and designed and made clothes to sell to boutiques. It was only after having one son and three daughters that Lesley began to write. She published her first book at forty-nine and has not looked back since. Lesley is still a party girl.

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