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Born date
Jeanine was born on December 6 1974 in Rota, spain -
Child hood
Cummins spent her childhood in Gaithersburg, Maryland and attended Towson University, where she majored in English and communications. -
horible event
Jeanine cousins Julie and Robin was raped and died to four men -
Her Rise
Jeanine Cummins was a finalist in the Rose of Tralee festival, an international event that is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world. -
Work
Before moving back to the United States in 1997 and beginning work at Penguin in New York City. Jeanie Cummins worked in the publishing industry for 10 years -
A Rip In Heaven
Her 2004 memoir, A Rip in Heaven, focuses on the attempted murder of her brother, Tom, and the murder of two of her cousins on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri, when Cummins was 16. She declined offers for film rights to the book. -
The Outside Boy
Jeanine rote a book about a poignant coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy’s childhood in the 1950’s. -
The Crooked Branch
Jeanine wrote a story of two mothers witty self deprecating Majella who is shocked by her entry into motherhood. -
American dirt
Cummins' 2020 novel, American Dirt, tells the story of a mother and bookstore owner in Acapulco, Mexico, who attempts to escape to the United States with her son after their family is killed by a drug cartel. -
Published books
The Crooked Branch and the outside boy was published Ireland Europe