Jeanine Cummins is the author of the novels AMERICAN DIRT, THE OUTSIDE BOY and THE CROOKED BRANCH, and a true crime work, A RIP IN HEAVEN. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.
A wrenching tale of a notorious murder's long echoes for its survivors . . . [an] apt tribute to family endurance in the face of grievous loss Cummins recounts the wrenching drama in a straightforward, expertly paced narrative that reads like a novel - People Cummins presents a mesmerizing, highly balanced memoir. . . . [A] compelling, novel-like account . . . highly admirable - Publishers Weekly