American Dirt
- Author Jeanine Cummins
- Narrator Yareli Arizmendi
- Publisher Headline
- Run Time 16 hours and 54 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues, Political / legal thriller.
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What to expect
'I couldn't put it down. I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann Patchett
'One hell of a novel about a good woman on the run with her beautiful boy' Stephen King
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. Described as 'A Grapes of Wrath for our times' (Don Winslow) 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.
(P)2020 Macmillan Audio
'One hell of a novel about a good woman on the run with her beautiful boy' Stephen King
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. Described as 'A Grapes of Wrath for our times' (Don Winslow) 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.
(P)2020 Macmillan Audio
Critics Review
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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
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