Jeanine Cummins

Broschiertes Buch

Speak to Me of Home

the poignant and uplifting family story from the bestselling author of American Dirt

Beschreibung

From the internationally bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home?

'A big swooning romance... delectable' The Times
'A riveting tale of three generations, this is storytelling at its finest'
JOHN BOYNE, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies
'Jeanine Cummins has once again proven herself to be a master storyteller'
'Entrancing... a multigenerational saga of a family fractured by scandal and separated by love' Washington Post
'It was a joy to read'
'I loved this book... a big, sweeping story of family and identity, and what it means to belong'
EDEL COFFEY, author of Breaking Point and In Her Place
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'Why hadn't she said to her daughter I love you beyond reason and none of this matters at all and every day that you breathe is a gift?'

Rafaela remembers everything that matters: her beautiful childhood in San Juan, her marriage to Peter, uprooting their children, Ruth and Benny, to the American Midwest, and losing all sense of her place in the world. So she tells no one when her memory begins to slip.

Her daughter, in New York with a family of her own, wishes she could forget her muddy feelings about where she comes from - the same feelings which motivated her 22-year-old daughter Daisy to reconnect with their past.

Daisy, who has momentarily forgotten everything, hears the word critical in a hospital room in San Juan and remembers, all at once, the car that hurtled towards her, the terrible storm, and something else. What was it?

Now Ruth and Rafaela must return to the city where it all began, to gather by Daisy's bedside and confront the twists of fate that have caused a growing rift in their family and led them to this moment.

Autor

Jeanine Cummins is the author of AMERICAN DIRT, which has sold over 3.5 million copies globally, and has been translated into 37 languages, the novels THE OUTSIDE BOY, THE CROOKED BRANCH and the true crime work A RIP IN HEAVEN, all of which are published by Tinder Press. AMERICAN DIRT was selected for Oprah's Book Club and the Richard and Judy Book Club and was a no. 1 New York Times bestseller, and reached no. 2 in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Headline / Tinder Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 838409
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781472288813
• ISBN-10: 1472288815
• Artikelnr.: 71618507

Rezensionen

A big swooning romance, elegantly constructed and a pleasure to read... delectable The Times

"Entrancing. . . . There is a radiance to this saga. . . . the empathy with which Cummins envisions her characters is a poignant reminder that it is actual human beings who approach our borders, each with a singular story to tell."
-The Washington Post

"Elegantly constructed and a pleasure to read. . . . Puerto Rico, with its waterfalls, hummingbirds and tentacular banyan trees, is deftly evoked, as is its shift from a place of palaces and poverty to an Airbnb-studded tourist hub. . . . the results are delectable."
-The Times (UK)

"Filled with vibrant prose and emotion, this multigenerational saga tells the story of three women."
-Woman's World

"Speak to Me of

Home hops through time to tell a touching story about roots and belonging."
-Real Simple

"Cummins explores our capacity to love and the ways we love. . . . The nuances of life and love, of family ties and fractures, and the 'home' in Puerto Rico, all serve to make this a novel that would be perfect for book groups to discuss."
-BookReporter

"A fine novel. . . . Daisy's sections are the heart of the novel, dipping into magical realism as her spirit navigates the border between life and death and brings the family to her bedside with triumphant and transcendent love. This commendable return for Cummins comes with a surprise cherry-on-top twist."
-Booklist

"Engrossing. . . . Cummins succeeds at breathing life into her large cast of characters and excels at depicting the nuances of a mother-daughter relationship."
-Publishers Weekly

"[A] moving novel."
-AARP, "Spring's Top Reads"

"Jeanine Cummins' Speak To Me Of Home is a masterful love letter to our shared homeland of Puerto Rico, the global diaspora, and every American. Once again, Cummins surveys the depths of the immigrant experience and compassionately examines the push and pull between our individual identity and our ancestral ties. Through three generations of Boricua women, the novel powerfully demonstrates that the greatest inheritance we can pass on is a courageous heart willing to adapt. Speak To Me Of Home is an epic must-read!"
-Sarah McCoy, New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?

"Jeanine Cummins' new novel is a beautiful, tender, complex story of origin, displacement, identity, and belonging. Poetically written and brimming with heart, Speak to Me of Home tells of a family's yearning, through the generations, to find the roots that truly anchor them, the land that calls them home. A most moving and meaningful read."
-Jennifer Rosner, award-winning author of Once We Were Home and The Yellow Bird Sings