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The Crooked Branch Kindle Edition

by Jeanine Cummins (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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'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.

Length: 402 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Wonderfully written, with strong, compelling characters, it is a deeply satisfying combination of sweeping historical saga and modern family drama, a gentle reminder of the ever-reaching influence of family, both near and far - Booklist

This extraordinary novel reminds us how motherhood can make us feel as though we are coming undone while also being remade. Majella and Ginny navigate motherhood with a fierce love that propels the story forward with intense strength. Brilliant, vulnerable and intense, The Crooked Branch pierced my heart and paused my breath --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Jeanine Cummins is the author of three novels, AMERICAN DIRT, THE OUTSIDE BOY and THE CROOKED BRANCH, and a true crime book, A RIP IN HEAVEN. She lives in New York with her husband and two children. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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"Even before you come to care about Jeanine Cummins' rich and intricately drawn characters, before you become enmeshed in her skillfully tangled plot lines about the hard and wondrous task of mothering children in times both catastrophic and ordinary...Before any of that, this is what you have to look forward to: the first page, Ms. Cummins' luminous prose, and that feeling we're all hoping to find when we sit down to read: 'This is it--a book I'm going to love.'"--New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Parkhurst

"Jeanine Cummins knows that there are stories beneath the stories, and she uses this brilliant knowing to weave a tale that is lyrical, emotional and often funny. This extraordinary novel reminds us how motherhood can make us feel as though we are coming undone while also being remade. Majella and Ginny navigate motherhood with a fierce love that propels the story forward with intense strength. Brilliant, vulnerable and intense, The Crooked Branch pierced my heart and paused my breath."--New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry

"Exploring the effect of a secret from the past on a woman who is truly on the edge--of motherhood, of her future, of sanity, of happiness--Jeanine Cummins has written a story that truly resonates. Insightful, suspenseful, and sometimes bitingly funny, with characters the reader will think about for weeks, this bittersweet novel is emotional and immensely satisfying."--Award-winning author Simone St. James

"Wonderfully written, with strong, compelling characters, it is a deeply satisfying combination of sweeping historical saga and modern family drama, a gentle reminder of the ever-reaching influence of family, both near and far."--Booklist --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Jeanine Cummins is the bestselling, award-winning author of the groundbreaking memoir A Rip in Heaven and the novels The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, and American Dirt. She lives in New York with her husband and two children. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN : B081GDZ5QZ
Publisher : Tinder Press (27 January 2020)
Language : English
File size : 1572 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 402 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 38,139 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 11 in History of Ireland (Kindle Store)
- 14 in Emigration & Immigration
- 1,065 in Literary Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Stephanie Warren

Boring as bats**t

Reviewed in Australia on 26 June 2020

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Kept waiting for something to happen but the plot was light and fluffy, the characters unbelievable and the end predictable. Such a disappointment.

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Al Geyer

Excellent

Reviewed in Australia on 7 September 2020

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Author style of writing is excellent, get's you involved from the first few pages

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Danielle

Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 30 August 2020

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Very well written, enjoyed the jump in periods of time.

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Couldn’t put it down!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2020

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This should be compulsory reading for anyone who is involved with someone with postnatal depression! The writer is so empathic, and the storyline so engaging that I was totally gripped from the first page. Generally speaking I don’t warm to stories where there are two parallel time lines, but this was so well written and constructed that it was not at all confusing and I really cared what happened in both cases.

And just to avoid confusion - the book does not revolve around post natal depression, that is just one small aspect of it, but the descriptions of it were, in my limited experience, amazingly realistic.

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Gripping!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2020

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Loved this book, up till the wee hour reading it, loved the characters. My only complaint is that it ended to fast. Felt like I was only 3/4 of the way through and then suddenly I was on the last page. I wanted to know so much more!

C. A. McEwan

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2020

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I bought this by the author of American Dirt, which was a brilliantly written story. This however was one of the worst I have ever read. Jumping between two eras, although informative about the Irish potato famine, had little or no bearing upon the modern day characters, none of which were believable and even likeable. Sent this book to a charity shop where it belongs

Sue S.

Wonderful reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2020

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A holiday page turner. I chose this because i so enjoyed American Dirt,and couldn’t put this down . Wonderfully written, descriptive, sad but witha good story line. Excellent characters.

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Missing pages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2020

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Missing pages.... Ended mid sentence on page 360 where are the rest of the pages?

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