Jeanine cummins biography books
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Jeanine Cummins
Tierra Americana [American Dirt]
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Diana Torres
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
La historia de la huida desesperada de una madre y su hijo desde Acapulco rumbo a Estados Unidos, perseguidos por un cartel de narcos. Lydia Quijano Pérez vive en Acapulco, México, donde regenta una librería....
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Jeanine Cummins was born on a US Naval Base in Rota, Spain, and spent most of her childhood in Gaithersburg, Maryland. When she was sixteen, Jeanine’s family experienced a horrific violent crime: the double-homicide of her two cousins by four strangers. Her brother was the only surviving victim of the attack. The crime and the impact it had on her family became the subject of her best-selling 2004 memoir A Rip in Heaven.
After that publication, Jeanine began speaking publicly about victims’ rights, and specifically about her family’s experiences with the criminal justice system. Jeanine is a death penalty opponent and can speak to the ways death row further persecutes victims of violent crime. She has addressed college, high school, and middle school students about topics from writing to victimology, to turning trauma into art. She’s spoken to first responders about best practices when dealing with victims of violent crime and trauma. She has also visited prisons where she spoke
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Jeanine Cummins
American author
Jeanine Cummins (born December 6, 1974)[1][failed verification] is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage.[2][3] She has written fyra books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heaven and three novels, The Outside Boy,The Crooked Branch, and American Dirt.[4]American Dirt was a notable success, selling over 3 million copies in 37 languages. However, it also gained controversy within the American literary community for its perceived cultural exploitation.
Early life
[edit]Cummins was born in Rota, Spain, where her father, Gene, was stationed as a member of the US Navy.[5] Her mother, Kay, was a nurse.[6] Cummins spent her childhood in Gaithersburg, Maryland and attended Towson University, where she majored in English and communications. In 1993 Cummins was a finalist in the Rose of Tralee festival, an international event that fryst vatten celebrated among Irish commu