American Dirt
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By Cummins, Jeanine
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'Where will we go, Mami?' 'I don't know, mijo' she says. 'We'll see. We'll have an adventure.' The afternoon of her niece's fifteenth birthday party, all Lydia's worst nightmares come true. As she and her son Luca cower in a bathroom shower stall, the rest of her family is gunned... down by members of Acapulco's most notorious drug cartel, to make an example of her journalist husband. Lydia's survival instincts kick in immediately, and before the bodies of her family have cooled on the patio, she and Luca are fleeing for their lives. Such is the reach of the cartels, with roadblocks on every highway and the police in their pay, that Lydia quickly realises two things: that they must cross the US/Mexico border as quickly as possible, and that they cannot risk travelling by road. For Lydia and Luca, the most dangerous route is the only route - riding illegally atop the freight trains, known as la bestia, hidden amongst the thousands of migrants who will risk everything in the desperate hope of a new start in the United States. AMERICAN DIRT is the most heartstopping story of a mother and son on the run since Emma Donoghue's ROOM, a novel that brings an unforgettably human face to the story of the Mexico/US Border.
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ISBN |
9781472261410 |
Released AU |
21 Jan 2020 |
Publisher |
Headline Publishing Group |
Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
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Availability |
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ISBN-13 |
9781472261410 |
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Stock |
Available |
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In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays |
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Publisher |
Headline Publishing Group |
Imprint |
Tinder Press |
Released |
21 Jan 2020
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Publication Country |
United Kingdom |
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Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback
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Author(s) |
By Cummins, Jeanine |
Category |
Modern Fiction Adventure / Thriller
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Number of Pages |
480 |
Dimensions |
Width: 154mm Height: 234mm Spine: 36mm |
Dewey Code |
813.6 |
Weight |
592g |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
NZ Review |
So viscerally real and so elegantly written. From the very first page, you know it's just essential reading -- Kate Leaver At once intimate and epic, AMERICAN DIRT is an exhilarating and beautiful book about parental love and human hope -- Rumaan Alam Riveting, timely, a dazzling accomplishment. Jeanine Cummins makes us all live and breathe the refugee story. If a book can change hearts and transform policies, this is the one -- Julia Alvarez Urgent and unforgettable, AMERICAN DIRT leaps the borders of the page and demands attention, especially now -- Sarah Blake From its heart-stopping first sentence to its heart-shattering last, Cummins' story of immigrants is just what we need now -- Don Winslow 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 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 |
UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 2 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's 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.
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