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Jeanine Cummins

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Jeanine Cummins

By: Holly Newson
Narrated by: Jeanine Cummins
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Joining us at Audible Studios is best-selling author Jeanine Cummins, who is releasing her new book, American Dirt.

Cummins was born in Spain and has lived around the world, in California, Maryland, Belfast, and New York, where she currently resides with her Irish husband and two children. She worked in the publishing industry for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer.

Her first book, A Rip in Heaven, is a memoir about her two cousins being murdered and the attempted murder of her brother. Cummins used the book to deal with her grief and portrays the lives of the victims and their families. She went on to release two fictions novels, The Outside Boy and The Crooked Branch.

Her newest release is American Dirt, a novel which looks at the plight of migrants, as a mother and son desperately attempt to escape a cartel in Mexico by fleeing to the United States of America.

We spoke to Jeanine Cummins about her new novel, the violence in Mexico and Central American, migrant experiences and her worries over whether or not she was the right person to tell this story.

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I've read almost all of Jeanine Cummins books. her writing astounds me. the way she can get into people's heads, develop her characters, incorporate history and facts. this interview really put a new spin on how I view the books. she revealed a lot of personal insight into what drives her writing. so glad I listened!

loved the insights about the book!

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Wonderful, passionate, real, pleasant and genuine. Pleas write about Puerto Rico, we need it. Willing to help.

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I could not stop listening ,
my emotions were all over happy, sad, mournful. This has definitely shown a light on our lack of humanity towards immigrants trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. God bless

Love this book

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I think it is very insightful into the world these people are fleeing ftom and the hardships they have getting here. it's a human tragedy.

very insightful

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