Cummins, Jeanine

"Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is. . . fairly comfortable. . . And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy. . . Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon . . . ride la bestia-trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?"--Provided by publisher.

After the birth of her daughter, Majella discovers the diary of her ancestor Ginny who tells a story of murder when Ginny had fled the famine of her country and settled in New York, and Majella sets out to explore Ginny's past, where she discovers the truth of her family.

"Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is. . . fairly comfortable. . . And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy. . . Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon . . . ride la bestia-trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?"--Provided by publisher.

Christopher Hurley has spent his short life traveling across Ireland with a band of Pavee Gypsies, but when his grandfather dies and his father decides it is time to settle into a normal life, Christopher is forced into a more conventional lifestyle that leaves him feeling like an outsider, until he discovers a shocking secret about his mother.