A Rip in Heaven A Rip in Heaven

A Rip in Heaven

A Memoir of Murder and Its Aftermath

    • 4.4 • 36 Ratings
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book—the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims and their families.

A Rip in Heaven is Jeanine Cummins’ 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. Tom, his sister Jeanine, and their entire family 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.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2004
June 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House Canada
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

StephiBsurvivor ,

A must read!

A read American Dirt, devoured it. I stumble on RIP in heaven by looking at books from the same author. Loved how it’s written from a very personal story yet you don’t feel that the writer was involved from so close. We always hear more about the murderers when a tragedy happens, it’s good to read the other side, how the victims are affected but also how the family and close friends are brought into this ordeal and how it can rip families apart and bring it closer also. Thank you for sharing your story.

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