American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, 2020
A bookseller and her son flee Mexico for the US after violence destroys their life, carrying only fear and each other. A thriller about survival, motherhood, and the price of sanctuary.
Jeanine Cummins
Oprah Winfrey chose American Dirt for her book club in January 2020, just as a fierce debate erupted over who gets to tell migration stories.
Feels like serenity and memory.
What trauma does to a mind that finally stops moving.
Trauma waits for stillness. Lydia feels like a cracked egg, and she doesn’t know if she’s the shell or the yolk or the white. She is scrambled. Books by Jeanine Cummins
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