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Jeanine Cummins

Biography

Jeanine Cummins

Jeanine Cummins is the New York Times bestselling author of AMERICAN DIRT, as well as the novels THE OUTSIDE BOY and THE CROOKED BRANCH and the bestselling memoir A RIP IN HEAVEN. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.

Jeanine Cummins

Books by Jeanine Cummins

by Jeanine Cummins - Fiction

Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the cartels, Lydia’s life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. But after her husband’s tell-all profile of the newest drug lord is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and Luca find themselves joining the countless people trying to reach the United States. Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?