American dirt
Cummins, Jeanine2020
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'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.
Main title:
American dirt / Jeanine Cummins.
Author:
Cummins, Jeanine, author
Imprint:
London : Tinder Press, 2020.
Collation:
465 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Flatiron Books.
ISBN:
9781472261397 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
464609
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