The Yellow on the Broom

Download or read book The Yellow on the Broom written by Betsy Whyte and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yellow on the Broom is the first part of Betsy Whyte's autobiography. Not only is it a fascinating insight into the life and customs of traveller people in the 1920s and 1930s, it is also a thought-provoking account of human strength and weakness, courage and cowardice, understanding and prejudice by a sensitive and entertaining writer. 'It is a beautiful book, shining with honesty, a classic' – Scots Magazine 'A splendid picture of a vanished way of life, and a hardy people whom progress did not know how to value' – Evening Telegraph