Critics Review

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• I devoured the novel in a dry-eyed adrenalin rush… profoundly moving

  Washington Post

• From its heart-stopping first sentence to its heart-shattering last, Cummins’ story of immigrants is just what we need now

• From the opening page your heart will be in your mouth You will never want to put this story down, Jeanine Cummins has written a novel of such moment, such danger and such compassion, it will change your view of the world

• Urgent and unforgettable, AMERICAN DIRT leaps the borders of the page and demands attention, especially now

• 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

• Both a moral compass and a riveting read