Description

For fans of Educated, this is the remarkable true story of a girl from a Romani ghetto in search of a better life.
Eliska Tanzer is a dreamer.
Born into a family of prostitutes in a Romani ghetto, she grows up in squalid conditions, with no running water, no education, and no future.
Desperate to make her own way in the world, Eliska sets in motion a chain of events that will lead her to England, to school, and to within inches of her dreams.
But the brutalities of her new life threaten to turn the dream into a nightmare.
This is her story. A true story of resilience, determination, and hunger to learn. A story of a girl on the brink.
A moving and timely memoir from a powerful new voice in literature.

Publisher Review

'Eliska's story is an extraordinary and powerful read. It's the ultimate book about survival and an against-all-odds fight to make it in life. Highly recommend.' Clover Stroud 'A scintillating, devastating memoir, and a fiercely witty and unabashed tribute to the toughness of the human spirit.' Damian Le Bas 'A remarkable book about the hardest of beginnings written in a voice that is vibrant, sparkling, full of irrepressible humour, compassionate intelligence and ultimately forgiveness' Catherine Simpson -- Catherine Simpson