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The Outside Boy

By: Jeanine Cummins
Narrated by: Alan Devally
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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.

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. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth.

The 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.

As 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....

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

©2010 Jeanine Cummins (P)2020 Macmillan Audio Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Tearjerking
Beautiful Storytelling • Captivating Characters • Emotional Depth • Rich Cultural Details • Authentic Irish Accent
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The narration was magnificent! The feeling and emotion in Jeanine Cummins words are masterful.

Written with feeling and emotion!

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I enjoyed everything last word spoken, Alan Devally’s voice and breath brings life and love to the authors story..just amazing!!

Outstanding

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Loved it , it's a trip into the gypsy culture as a young Irish boy unravels the mystery of his beginning.

The Outside Boy by Cummings

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Jeanine Cummins never fails and Alan Devally is the icing on top!! Highly recommend this book in audio especially.

All Around Great

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I adored this story! Marvelous narration, descriptive writing, profound, engaging, with believable in-depth characters. Perfect!

Wonderful !

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I rarely write reviews, but this book deserves it. This is the best book I have ever listened to. The characters just come to life and the story kept me on my toes and had me laughing out loud at their banter. I’m of Irish descent and this brought me into a whole world I never knew existed. Oh, and the narrator was fantastic and PERFECT for this story. More, please!!!

Fabulous!!

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I laughed out loud, I smiled, I cried. A beautiful story of heartbreak, struggle , love and resolve. The reader was brilliant and so animated with all the proper accents and brogues. Highly recommend

An emotional masterpiece

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I am so sad that the book is finished! I never wanted it to end. So good!!

Amazing

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I loved everything about this book. The writing, the narrator, the story. I love everything Irish having been there 4 times, and this book captured the spirit of the people and the land. I laughed and cried throughout. I will revisit this beautiful story many times.

One of my favorite books ever!

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Loved the readers voice! The book and his inflection made me laugh out loud several times. It was very descriptive I liked the book and recommend it.

Good story

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