American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins

Genres: Family Life; Women's Fiction

Synopsis

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. 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.

Release date: January 21, 2020

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Print pages: 400