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About Jeanine Cummins
Jeanine Cummins is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel, AMERICAN DIRT, which was an Oprah Book Club and a Barnes & Noble Book Club selection, has been translated into 34 languages, and has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. She is also the author of the novels THE OUTSIDE BOY and THE CROOKED BRANCH, and the true crime memoir, A RIP IN HEAVEN. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.
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'Heartstopping... doesn't let up... you will urge them on, fists clenched' The Times
An extraordinary story of the lengths a mother will go to to save her son, AMERICAN DIRT has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It's time to read what you've been missing.
Lydia Perez owns a bookshop in Acapulco, Mexico, and is married to a fearless journalist. Luca, their eight-year-old son, completes the picture. But it only takes a bullet to rip them apart.
In a city in the grip of a drug cartel, friends become enemies overnight, and Lydia has no choice but to flee with Luca at her side. North for the border... whatever it takes to stay alive. The journey is dangerous - not only for them, but for those they encounter along the way. Who can be trusted? And what sacrifices is Lydia prepared to make?
*An Instant New York Times #1 Bestseller 2020*
*An Instant Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 2020*
*Over 2 million copies sold globally*
*A Richard and Judy Bookclub Pick*
*An Oprah's Book Club Pick*
*A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime*
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'A full-throated song of praise. I loved it' Sherman Alexie
Ireland, 1959. Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well: his mother's death in childbirth.
The wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders.
As Christy struggles with his new classmates, he starts to question who he is and where he belongs. But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret, changes his life for ever.
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'Rich and intricately drawn... luminous prose' Carolyn Parkhurst
After the birth of her daughter Emma, the usually resilient Majella finds herself feeling isolated and exhausted. Then, at her childhood home, Majella discovers the diary of her maternal ancestor Ginny, and is shocked to read a story of murder in her family history.
With the famine upon her, Ginny Doyle fled from Ireland to America, but not all of her family made it. What happened during those harrowing years, and why does Ginny call herself a killer? Is Majella genetically fated to be a bad mother, despite the fierce tenderness she feels for her baby?
Determined to uncover the truth of her heritage and her own identity, Majella sets out to explore Ginny's past - and discovers surprising truths about her family and ultimately, herself.
The acclaimed author of AMERICAN DIRT reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book: the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims and their families.
A RIP IN HEAVEN is Jeanine Cummins' story of a night in April, 1991, when her two cousins Julie and Robin Kerry, and her brother, Tom, were assaulted on the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River just outside of St. Louis.
When, after a harrowing ordeal, Tom managed to escape the attackers and flag down help, he thought the nightmare would soon be over. He couldn't have been more wrong. Tom, his sister Jeanine, and their entire family were just at the beginning of a horrific odyssey through the aftermath of a violent crime, a world of shocking betrayal, endless heartbreak, and utter disillusionment. It was a trial by fire from which no family member would emerge unscathed.
El polémico número 1 del New York Times
«Reto a cualquiera a leer las primeras siete páginas de este libro y no terminarlo.» Stephen King
«Una historia desgarradora sobre la supervivencia, el peligro y el amor.»
The New York Times
«Una novela que dispara el corazón del lector y también su adrenalina, le hace devorar sus páginas y le mantiene en vela hasta las tres de la madrugada.»
Los Ángeles Times
Lydia Quijano Pérez vive en Acapulco, México, donde regenta una librería. Tiene un hijo de ocho años, Luca, el amor de su vida, y un maravilloso esposo que es periodista. Y aunque la situación en Acapulco comienza a agrietarse debido a los cárteles de la droga, Lydia lleva una vida confortable.
Un día llega un hombre a la librería y compra cuatro libros, entre los que se encuentran dos de las obras favoritas de Lydia, que pensaba que nunca se iban a vender. Javier es erudito y encantador. Lo que Lydia no sabe es que es también el jefe del nuevo cártel que se ha apoderado de la ciudad. Cuando el esposo de Lydia publica un revelador artículo sobre Javier en el periódico local, la vida de Lydia y su familia cambiará para siempre.
Forzados a huir y convertidos en migrantes, Lydia y Luca pronto se encuentran a kilómetros de su cómoda existencia. Viajan en La Bestia, nombre con el que se conocen los trenes que se dirigen hacia Estados Unidos, el único lugar donde Javier no podrá encontrarlos. Cuando se unen a las innumerables personas que intentan llegar al norte, Lydia se da cuenta de que todos huyen de algo. Pero ¿hacia qué huyen exactamente?
La crítica ha dicho:
«Una obra extraordinaria, con el perfecto equilibrio entre, por un lado, el terror, y por otro, el amor. Reto a cualquiera a leer las primeras siete páginas de este libro y no terminarlo.»
Stephen King
«Desde la primera e impactante frase, hasta la última y desgarradora que cierra el libro, la historia de Cummins sobre la inmigración, es exactamente lo que necesitamos ahora mismo. Cruda pero sensible, realista pero esperanzadora, amplia pero detallista, Tierra americana de Jeannine Cummis es Las uvas de la ira de nuestra época.»
Don Winslow
«Un lenguaje hermoso y directo para contarnos cómo la emigración a lugares más seguros no es un tema político sino humano. Tierra americana probablemente será el libro que no te puedes perder del año 2020.»
Booklist
«Esta extraordinaria novela sobre la determinación más inquebrantable conmoverá al lector hasta lo más hondo.»
Publishers Weekly
Considerada “extraordinária” por Stephen King, a obra foi apontada por diversos veículos, como
The Independent, Time, USA Today e Vogue, um dos maiores lançamentos do ano nos
Estados Unidos.
Deste lado também há sonhos
Em uma agradável vizinhança de Acapulco, um massacre. Uma chacina vitima dezesseis membros de uma mesma família, durante uma festa de quinze anos. Os únicos sobreviventes são Lydia e seu filho Luca, de oito anos. O marido de Lydia, Sebastián, foi o jornalista responsável pelo perfil jornalístico do homem que controla o cartel de drogas mais poderoso da cidade. E agora, como a maioria dos seus parentes, ele também está morto.
Lydia acredita ter sua parcela de culpa. O homem gentil e erudito que passou a frequentar a livraria que ela administra não é apenas um sujeito de meia-idade interessado em literatura. É Javier, o narcotraficante que comanda o cartel.
Agora, Lydia sabe que precisa fugir com seu filho para muito longe e o mais rápido possível. Instantaneamente transformados em migrantes, os dois dão início a uma longa jornada em direção aos Estados Unidos, aparentemente o único lugar que o poder de Javier não alcança. À medida que se juntam às inúmeras pessoas que tentam uma vida melhor fora do país, e enfrentam todos os obstáculos e perigos dessa viagem que deixa uma infinidade de vítimas pelo caminho, Lydia descobre que todos ali estão fugindo de algo.
Repleto de suspense e impactante, Terra americana tem personagens cativantes, cujas histórias fazem refletir sobre o heroísmo e a generosidade das pessoas que arriscam tudo para ter um lugar em que possam viver com dignidade. Escolhido para o clube do livro da Oprah, o romance já teve os direitos de adaptação cinematográfica adquiridos.
Der Nummer-1-Bestseller der New York Times-Bestsellerliste: Eine Mutter und ihr Kind auf einer atemlosen Flucht durch ein Land, das von Gewalt und Korruption regiert wird
Gestern besaß sie noch einen wunderbaren Buchladen.
Gestern war sie glücklich mit ihrem Mann, einem Journalisten.
Gestern waren alle, die sie am meisten liebte, noch da.
Heute ist ihr achtjähriger Sohn Luca alles, was ihr noch geblieben ist.
Für ihn bewaffnet sie sich mit einer Machete.
Für ihn springt sie auf den Wagen eines Güterzugs.
Aber findet sie für ihn die Kraft, immer weiter zu rennen? Furchtlos und verzweifelt, erschöpft und jede Sekunde wachsam.
Lydias gesamte Verwandtschaft wird von einem Drogenkartell ermordet. Nur Lydia und ihr kleiner Sohn Luca überleben das Blutbad und fliehen in Richtung Norden.
Sie kämpfen um ihr Leben.