Description
| Product ID: | 9781472261397 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | American Dirt |
| Subtitle: | THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |
| Authors: | Author: Jeanine Cummins |
| Page Count: | 480 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Political / legal thriller, Political / legal thriller, Mexico |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating *NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME*'Breathtaking... I haven't been so entirely consumed by a book for years' Telegraph'I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann PatchettFEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is an unforgettable story of a mother and son's attempt to cross the US-Mexico border. Described as 'impossible to put down' (Saturday Review) 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. *NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME* |
| Imprint Name: | Tinder Press |
| Publisher Name: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-01-21 |
