But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret from his mother’s mysterious past, changes his life forever. minor shelf wear Add to Cart Buy now Add to Wishlist Item Price 10.

Published Condition Very Good ISBN 9780451229489 Description: Berkley. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders.Īs Christy struggles to find his way amid the more conventional lives of his new classmates, he starts to question who he is and where he belongs. The Outside Boy: A Novel by Cummins, Jeanine Seller Books4Cause Inc. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling and prepare for their first communions. The Outside Boy is a poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy’s childhood in the 1950’s from Jeanine Cummins, the national bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven and American Dirt. The wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother’s death in childbirth.

Ireland, 1959: Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Listen Free to Outside Boy audiobook by Jeanine Cummins with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and. But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret from his mother's mysterious past, changes his life forever.A poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy’s childhood in the 1950’s from the national bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven and American Dirt. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders.Īs Christy struggles to find his way amid the more conventional lives of his new classmates, he starts to question who he is and where he belongs. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling and prepare for their first communions. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth. Ireland, 1959: Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Ireland, 1959 Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his fat. The Outside Boy is a poignant coming-of-age novel about an Irish gypsy boy’s childhood in the 1950s from Jeanine Cummins, the national best-selling author of A Rip in Heaven and American Dirt. A poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950's from the national bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven and American Dirt.

The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins