I loved it.” -Sherman Alexie, National Book Award–winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Review
It’s an adventure and, yes, a eulogy, but it’s also a full-throated song of praise. I identified so strongly with this story of a strange and gorgeous and vanishing way of life. “ The Outside Boy is such a powerful read. Cummins captures that world in pitch-perfect prose, charming and beguiling till the story nearly breaks your heart.” -Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child “ The Outside Boy is a poignant and magical tale about the travelling people in Ireland, a way of life all but vanished. Read this lovely book and you will hug yourself.” -Malachy McCourt, bestselling author of Malachy McCourt’s History of Ireland
It’s not often I hug a book, but with moist eyes and beginnings of a song in my heart, I followed Christy’s journey from a death to hopeful life. Regardless, the modern diminutive hero Christy, in Jeanine Cummins’ gloriously poetic novel, will burrow his way into your heart. “In Hibernian society, there’s hardly a creature lower than the Irish tinker, a nomadic group ’tis said was driven into a barren country by the fundamentalist Cromwell to starve. “ deeply moving and elegiac look at a vanishing culture…gorgeously written and an implicit celebration of Irish storytelling.” - Booklist (starred review) 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.
With the famine upon her, Ginny Doyle fled from Ireland to America, but not all of her family made it. Then, at her childhood home in Queens, Majella discovers the diary of her maternal ancestor Ginny-and is shocked to read a story of murder in her family history. From the national bestselling and highly acclaimed author of The Outside Boy comes the deeply moving story of two mothers-witty, self-deprecating Majella, who is shocked by her entry into motherhood in modern-day New York, and her ancestor, tough and terrified Ginny Doyle, whose battles are more fundamental: she must keep her young family alive during Ireland’s Great Famine.Īfter the birth of her daughter Emma, the usually resilient Majella finds herself feeling isolated and exhausted.
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