Jeanine Cummins Libri

Acapulco, un tempo simbolo di spiagge paradisiache, è ora segnata dal narcotraffico e dalla violenza. Lydia vive qui, divisa tra il lavoro in libreria e la sua famiglia: il marito Sebastián, giornalista, e il figlio Luca, un bambino di otto anni con un'intelligenza straordinaria. La loro vita cambia drammaticamente quando un commando armato irrompe alla festa di compleanno della nipote, sterminando i familiari. Solo Lydia e Luca riescono a salvarsi, rifugiandosi in bagno. Da quel momento, inizia per loro una fuga disperata. Rimanere in Messico significa morte certa, quindi devono evitare le strade principali e i mezzi di trasporto convenzionali, intraprendendo il cammino dei migranti. Questo comporta anche salire sulla Bestia, un treno merci pericoloso. La loro traversata del deserto è piena di insidie, incontrano altri migranti, alcuni pronti ad aiutare, altri meno. In questo viaggio, cercano di mantenere la propria umanità di fronte a situazioni disumane. Riusciranno a raggiungere il confine? I sicari li troveranno? E cosa ha scatenato la furia del boss che li vuole morti?

Ireland, 1959: Young Christy Hurley is a Pavee gypsy, traveling 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, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth. The peripatetic life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle down temporarily in a town where Christy and his cousin can attend mass and receive proper schooling. But they are still treated as outsiders. As Christy's exposure to a different life causes him to question who he is and where he belongs, the answer may lie with an old newspaper photograph and a long-buried family secret that could change his life forever...

'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.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins comes a deeply felt multigenerational family story that explores the meaning of home. On her wedding day in 1968 San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón marries Peter Brennan Jr., unaware of the dramatic changes ahead when she relocates her family to the American Midwest, leading to a series of disappointments. In the 1980s, Rafaela’s daughter, Ruth Brennan, feels isolated in St. Louis and yearns to belong, sacrificing her language and childhood memories of Puerto Rico. Decades later, when Ruth’s daughter, Daisy, returns to Puerto Rico, the family begins to reflect on their choices. A hurricane strikes the island, leaving Daisy critically injured, prompting Rafaela and Ruth to return to their roots. As they gather at Daisy’s bedside, they confront the pasts that shaped their lives. The narrative follows their journeys of love, risk, and the complexities of family dynamics. As old memories resurface, buried secrets emerge, leading the family to question their sense of belonging. This striking examination of marriage, family, and identity ultimately poses the question: how can three women with shared geography and genetics have such different perceptions of their origins, and can they find a common language to navigate their way home?

Domov nie je miesto. Je to príbeh, ktorý si o sebe rozprávame. Rafaela si v roku 1968 v záchvate romantiky vezme muža, ktorým si nie je celkom istá – a týmto rozhodnutím sa začne jej cesta z rodného Portorika na americký Stredozápad. Namiesto nového začiatku však prichádza samota a sklamanie… Jej dcéra Ruth sa v osemdesiatych rokoch snaží za každú cenu zapadnúť – a tak sa vzdá jazyka, zvykov aj spomienok na detstvo v portorickom meste San Juan. Až o desaťročia neskôr, keď sa Ruthina dcéra Daisy vracia na rodný ostrov, musia tri generácie žien čeliť minulosti, rozhodnutiam, ktoré ich formovali, aj otázke, čo pre ne vlastne znamená slovo „domov“. Rozprávaj mi o domove je silný príbeh o matkách a dcérach, o láske, odlúčení, odvahe a túžbe niekam patriť. Jeanine Cumminsová v ňom píše o domove ako o mieste, ktoré si nesieme v srdci – a ktoré si niekedy musíme znova vybojovať.