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An Oprah's Bookclub Pick As featured on Saturday Review A BBC Radio 2 Bookclub Pick Soon to be a BBC Radio 4 Book At Bedtime A Book to Look Out For in the Observer, Stylist, Sunday Times, Independent, Vogue, New York Times, Oprah magazine, and more A Barnes and Noble Bookclub Pick
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A New York Times #1 Bestseller A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller An Oprah's Bookclub Pick As featured on Open Book As featured on Saturday Review A BBC Radio 4 Book at Betime A Book to Look Out For in the Observer , Stylist , Sunday Times , Independent , Vogue , New York Times , Oprah magazine, and more A Barnes and Noble Bookclub Pick
An Oprah's Bookclub Pick As featured on Saturday Review A BBC Radio 2 Bookclub Pick Soon to be a BBC Radio 4 Book At Bedtime A Book to Look Out For in the Observer, Stylist, Sunday Times, Independent, Vogue, New York Times, Oprah magazine, and more A Barnes and Noble Bookclub Pick
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NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME
'Breathtaking... I haven't been so entirely consumed by a book for years' Telegraph'I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann PatchettFEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE.Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is an unforgettable story of a mother and son's attempt to cross the US-Mexico border. Described as 'impossible to put down' (Saturday Review) and 'essential reading' (Tracy Chevalier), 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.Critic Reviews
“One hell of a nove l 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”
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
From its heart-stopping first sentence to its heart-shattering last, Cummins' story of immigrants is just what we need nowIt's been a long time since I turned pages as fast as I did with AMERICAN DIRTA roaring human triumphAbout 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.
NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME 'Breathtaking... I haven't been so entirely consumed by a book for years' Telegraph 'I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann Patchett FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is an unforgettable story of a mother and son's attempt to cross the US-Mexico border. Described as 'impossible to put down' (Saturday Review) and 'essential reading' (Tracy Chevalier), 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.
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