In this bestselling sequel to Gypsy Boy, Mikey Walsh tells the harrowing and inspiring story of how he escaped the Gypsy community  After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave, you can never come back. Torn between his family and his heart, Mikey Walsh struggled to come to terms with his cultural inheritance and at last decided to set out on his own at the age of fifteen. He quickly discovered life in the outside world wasn't all that he expected. And after learning his father had put a contract out on him and that he was now being hunted down by gangs of gypsy thugs determined to claim their reward, he realized that his life would never be the same again.Gypsy Boy on the Run is a moving memoir that sees Mikey come to terms with his sexuality and his past and start to build a new life for himself.