American Dirt

Author(s): Jeanine Cummins

Location(s): United States (USA), Mexico Border

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Contemporary

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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

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The Mexican migrant trail

Author: JustRetiring

‘American Dirt’ is causing rather a to-do in the publishing world as 2020 picks up speed. Author Jeanine Cummins – white and American – has been accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ for daring to write a book about Mexicans and...

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Great book – I won’t forget it any time soon.

Author: Charl

I’m really glad that I, purposefully, didn’t read any of the strong reviews of American Dirt before I actually read it. I can imagine the experience may have been a bit different if I had. I thoroughly enjoyed it....

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