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American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins: Massacre

American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins

Massacre

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Jeanine Cummins' heart-stopping novel following the migrant trail into the US.

Jeanine Cummins' heart-rending and heart-stopping novel following a mother and son, as they flee from the Mexican drug cartels into the US. Today: the aftermath of a massacre.

Jeanine Cummins' heart-stopping and heart-rending novel following a mother and son, on the run from the Mexican drug cartels. Vivid, visceral, and utterly gripping, this is novels brings into sharp focus the harrowing experience of thousands of migrants who cross the US-Mexico border each year.

Today: as Lydia and her son Luca cower in their bathroom to the sound of gunshots outside, they know their happy family life in Acapulco is about to change for ever...

Writer: Jeanine Cummins, is an American writer, and the author of two other novels.
Reader: Yolanda Vazquez
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett

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Jeanine Cummins' heart-rending and heart-stopping novel following a mother and son as they flee from the Mexican drug cartels into the US. Read by Yolanda Vazquez.

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