American dirt /
Cummins, Jeanine,
American dirt / Jeanine Cummins. - London : Tinder Press, 2020. - 400 pages ; 24 cm
'American Dirt' is the first novel to explore the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border, a journey which thousands of migrants make each year. 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. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, this novel is both a page turner and a literary achievement: a novel that will leave you utterly changed.
9781472261410 (pbk.) : £14.99
PS3603.U663
813.6
American dirt / Jeanine Cummins. - London : Tinder Press, 2020. - 400 pages ; 24 cm
'American Dirt' is the first novel to explore the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border, a journey which thousands of migrants make each year. 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. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, this novel is both a page turner and a literary achievement: a novel that will leave you utterly changed.
9781472261410 (pbk.) : £14.99
PS3603.U663
813.6