American Dirt: THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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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 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.

Reviews

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 now

It's been a long time since I turned pages as fast as I did with AMERICAN DIRT

A roaring human triumph

Author Bio

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.