{"product_id":"the-outside-boy-paperback","title":"The Outside Boy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanine Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant, coming of age novel about an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950's from the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Rip in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIreland, 1959\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling and prepare for their first communions. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret from his mother's mysterious past, changes his life forever....\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanine Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling, award-winning author of the groundbreaking memoir \u003ci\u003eA Rip in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Outside Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crooked Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755967152416,"sku":"9780451229489","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/45fbf288a2e245de5b2cb8333201ebe6.webp?v=1780071866","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-outside-boy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}