The Gypsy Trail

The Gypsy Trail: Travels and Travails of an Army Wife is another of Lily Swarn’s exciting, difficult to draw down books that captures real life situations of what she terms “the army way of life”. The novel is life impacting and tells a unique story of an army wife. The experience is captured in an exciting narrative of a memorabilia in which she easily fits in both unique and harrowing situations. In a life full of adventure and excitement unmeasured, the officer and his extraordinary gifted wife travelled through thick and thin to many parts of India enjoying rare sights and sounds of the country. This defines an existential and priceless life. In this novel, Lily Swarn, a well-known multi lingual poet and prolific author and columnist has narrated in a superior prose write, the never-to-forget rich life experience of the wife of an army officer. This work easily underlines her high flying achievements as recipient of several awards and accolades that distinguish her in the literary world. This is a book nobody will ever regret reading if you got hooked on to it after reading any first sentence in it. Dr Rashid Pelpuo Poet, Politician and Humanist from Ghana,was a Minister of State and presently a Member of Parliament. When a poetess like Lily Swarn pens her novel, you feel like her literary,lavish images capture you into unexplored domains with pearly words echoing like drops of tears, more rather blood as they fall, one after another, upon her enticing pages. (Dr.) George Onsy , Scholar, Writer, Poet, Artist, International Director/ Jury Member for the World Union of Poets (WUP), and advisor for several leading world literary organizations The Gypsy Trail: Travels and Travails of an Army Wife is the recollection of a dreamy eyed young bride, Mili, plunged straight into the exciting adventurous and unpredictable world of the services. From far flung remote cantonments to small towns with forgotten history – she traverses the vast landscape of India enriching her life experiences. Lily’s language is fluid and flowing and draws her reader to share Mili’s journey.A must read book for those who want to know about the real life in the armed forces. Lieutenant General Surendra Kulkarni PVSM, AVSM, VSM and bar