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    American Dirt follows Lydia, a bookshop owner in Acapulco, Mexico whose family is murdered by a drug cartel, forcing her to flee north to the United States with her eight year old son Luca. The gripping story depicts their harrowing journey as they risk their lives crossing the border, dodging threats at every turn in hopes of finding safety and a new home. Praised for its page-turning suspense and unflinching portrayal of the humanitarian crisis at the border, the novel has been called "A Grapes of Wrath for our times" and a story that will leave readers utterly changed.

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    American Dirt follows Lydia, a bookshop owner in Acapulco, Mexico whose family is murdered by a drug cartel, forcing her to flee north to the United States with her eight year old son Luca. The gripping story depicts their harrowing journey as they risk their lives crossing the border, dodging threats at every turn in hopes of finding safety and a new home. Praised for its page-turning suspense and unflinching portrayal of the humanitarian crisis at the border, the novel has been called "A Grapes of Wrath for our times" and a story that will leave readers utterly changed.

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    American Dirt follows Lydia, a bookshop owner in Acapulco, Mexico whose family is murdered by a drug cartel, forcing her to flee north to the United States with her eight year old son Luca. The gripping story depicts their harrowing journey as they risk their lives crossing the border, dodging threats at every turn in hopes of finding safety and a new home. Praised for its page-turning suspense and unflinching portrayal of the humanitarian crisis at the border, the novel has been called "A Grapes of Wrath for our times" and a story that will leave readers utterly changed.

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    American Dirt

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    American Dirt follows Lydia, a bookshop owner in Acapulco, Mexico whose family is murdered by a drug cartel, forcing her to flee north to the United States with her eight year old son Luca. The gripping story depicts their harrowing journey as they risk their lives crossing the border, dodging threats at every turn in hopes of finding safety and a new home. Praised for its page-turning suspense and unflinching portrayal of the humanitarian crisis at the border, the novel has been called "A Grapes of Wrath for our times" and a story that will leave readers utterly changed.

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    Devastating and timely...

    its hard to imagine there will be a more urgent or


    politically relevant novel this year, Observer

    This book is not simply the great American novel; it's the great novel of las
    Americas. It's the great world novel! This is the international story of our times.
    Masterful -- Sandra Cisneros

    Tough, powerful... AMERICAN DIRT made me understand better why someone would give
    up the home they know and love to survive, and the grit required to cross that
    border -- Tracy Chevalier

    Heartstopping... doesn't let up... you will urge them on, fists clenched, The Times

    Stunning... remarkable... an account of love on the run that will never lose steam,
    Vogue

    This might be the first book many people read this year... it might also be the
    best, Irish Times

    Taut, tough, visceral, savage and exhilaratingly written, i-Paper

    One hell of a novel about a good woman on the run with her beautiful boy... I defy
    anyone to read the first seven pages of this book and not finish it -- Stephen King

    AMERICAN DIRT transported me through genuine fear and had me willing on every human
    being struggling to get to a better life. Written with masterly restraint, it is a
    roaring human triumph -- Laline Paull

    It's been a long time since I turned pages as fast as I did with American Dirt. Its
    journey is a testament to the power of fear and hope and belief that there are more
    good people than bad. -- John Grisham
    About the Author
    Jeanine Cummins is the author of three books: the novels The Outside Boy and The
    Crooked Branch and one true crime work, A Rip in Heaven. She lives in New York with
    her husband and two children.
    From the Back Cover
    'I couldn't put it down. I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann Patchett
    'One hell of a novel about a good woman on the run with her beautiful boy' Stephen
    King

    FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE.

    Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is the first novel to explore
    the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border. Described as
    'A Grapes of Wrath for our times' (Don Winslow) it is a story that will leave you
    utterly changed.

    Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop.


    Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist.
    Yesterday, she was with everyone she loved most in the world.

    Today, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left.

    For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg.


    For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train.
    For him, she will find the strength to keep running.

    Lydia, owner of a bookshop in Acapulco, is married to an investigative journalist.


    At a family party fifteen members of her family are murdered by members of a local
    cartel. Lydia escapes with her eight years old son. The bulk of the book follows
    their flight to el norte - the United States - following the route used by
    refugees. Others, with a range of backgrounds, accompany them.
    The book is a real page-turner, difficult to put down, and beautifully written.
    Jeanine Cummins has real reporting skill, and has thoroughly researched her
    subject. It shows how shocking are the effects of President Trump�s policy on
    refugees and migrants, demonstrating their humanity. Jeanine Cummins� empathy with
    migrants is manifest. The author�s note at the end of the book should be widely
    read. I have seen some of the more critical and churlish American reviews of this
    splendid book, and find that they reflect badly on the reviewers. Ignore them.

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