”I couldn`t put it down. I`ll never stop thinking about it” Ann Patchett”One hell of a novel about a good woman on the run with her beautiful boy” Stephen KingFear 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 Grapes of Wrath` for our times” by Don Winslow, 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.