Cushti Bok, a sturdy painted horse with a beautiful, flowing mane and tail and feathers on its hooves, looks like a beast from a fairy tale, a charming creature of mystery, an emblem of mystical luck ...

The author certainly has the credentials to write this book: she is an English Romany–gypsy who was born in a tent and spent her infancy in a horse-drawn wagon. The book conjures the aura of an ...