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    A Rip in Heaven
    A Rip in Heaven
    A Rip in Heaven
    Audiobook10 hours

    A Rip in Heaven

    Written by Jeanine Cummins

    Narrated by Jeanine Cummins

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    About this audiobook

    This program is read by the author.

    The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book.

    A Rip in Heaven is Jeanine Cummins’s story of a night in April 1991 when her two cousins Julie and Robin Kerry, and her brother, Tom, were assaulted on the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River just outside of St. Louis.

    When, after a harrowing ordeal, Tom managed to escape the attackers and flag down help, he thought the nightmare would soon be over. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Along with their entire family, he and his sister, Jeanine, were just at the beginning of a horrific odyssey through the aftermath of a violent crime, a world of shocking betrayal, endless heartbreak, and utter disillusionment. It was a trial by fire from which no family member would emerge unscathed.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 2, 2020
    ISBN9781250775344
    A Rip in Heaven
    Author

    Jeanine Cummins

    Jeanine Cummins is the New York Times bestselling author of American Dirt, as well as the novels The Outside Boy and The Crooked Branch and the bestselling memoir A Rip in Heaven. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.

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    • 5/5
      Great book, great story, great narration. Always best to hear an audio book read by the author and she did a great job. Truly heartbreaking story and very well told.
      My only slight critique is the author referring to herself in the third person throughout the book. Strictly from a writer/narrator perspective. I'm not trying to drag her after what she and her family have been through. It's just cringey and awkward IMO when anyone speaks/writes in third person. I didn't take a star off for it - just a small critique. Highly recommend this book to all...

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    • 5/5
      That was riveting. I couldn’t stop listening after I got to the second or third chapter!

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    • 5/5
      Tragic story, well written and narrated. I will read or listen to this author again!