Lydia Pérez owns a bookshop in Acapulco and is married to a fearless journalist. Luca, their eight-year-old son, completes the family. But it only takes a bullet to rip them apart. In a city in the grip of a drug cartel, friends become enemies overnight and Lydia has no choice but to flee with Luca at her slue. North for the border ... whatever it takes to stay alive. The journey is dangerous — not only for them, but for those they encounter along the way.
Who can be trusted ? And what sacrifices is Lydia prepared to make ? American Dirt shines a beam of light into a world where a mother's love for her son — and the kindness of strangers — might just triumph. This extraordinary novel has sold over a million copies since publication : it's time to read what you've been missing.
