101 followers
Jeanine Cummins is the author of three books: the novels The Outside Boy and The Crooked Branch and one true crime work, A Rip in Heaven. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Non fiction show
Jeanine Cummins recommends
The Bird Hotel (2023)
Joyce Maynard
"In The Bird Hotel, Joyce Maynard imagines a glorious landscape where one broken woman, Irene, must lose herself in order to find the hope of survival. Although it's Irene whose heart-stopping tale drives the narrative, this is also a rich ensemble novel about endurance, courage, healing, and the salvation of human generosity - the glittering, unexpected ways we save each other every day, despite all the reasons not to. Much more than just an expat novel filled with memorable characters of all stripes, The Bird Hotel is a careful love letter of discovery, and a reminder that life can provide the antidote to suffering if you're open, patient, and you know where to look."
Rockaway Blue (2021)
Larry Kirwan
"Larry Kirwan has written a ballsy, post-9/11 novel like only a New Yorker could. Kirwan punches through the romanticized courage of that awful September day, and finds a gritty, unapologetic voice of truth. This is a rare glimpse into Rockaway, and what the New York Irish suffered in the making of their heroes."
We Begin at the End (2020)
Chris Whitaker
"I love Duchess Day Radley so much I want to adopt her. She is every thirteen-year-old girl at risk, an outlaw both pure of heart and ill of intent, a fierce and melancholy girl, so memorable she will make camp in your brain and never leave. In We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker has written a gorgeous, crystalline novel, a cautionary tale about the long shadows cast by our past selves, and one defiant girl with the bravery to hope for something better. I love this beautiful book."
Visitors also looked at these authors
