Name: American Dirt: 'a Heartstopping Story of Survival, Danger and Love' new York Times
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Author: Jeanine Cummins
ISBN: 9781472261397

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Physical Book

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Jeanine Cummins

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Tinder Press

Synopsis "American Dirt: 'a Heartstopping Story of Survival, Danger and Love' new York Times"

'Breathtaking... I haven't been so entirely consumed by a book for years' Bryony Gordon, Telegraph'I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann PatchettFEAR 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 life-affirming triumph' (Independent) 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.

Jeanine Cummins

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Jeanine Cummins es autora de cuatro libros: una memoir, A Rip in Heaven, que se convirtió en un bestseller en Estados Unidos, y dos novelas. En tierra americana, su tercera novela, se ha convertido en un fenómeno internacional y los derechos se han vendido a 24 países. Vive en Nueva York con su marido y sus dos hijos.

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