The Crooked Branch

From the national bestselling author of American Dirt and A Rip in Heaven comes the deeply moving story of two mothers from two very different times.

After the birth of her daughter Emma, the usually resilient Majella finds herself feeling isolated and exhausted. 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.

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.

Author: Jeanine Cummins
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780451239242
ISBN10: 0451239245
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life | General

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.