AMERICAN DIRT Paperback – 18 February 2021

Well written story kept me gripped till the end

Good one!

When a book starts with the gruesome murders of 16 people from one family, you know it's going to be a hard one. I read many reviews that said this book painted Mexico in a very negative light and maybe the whole migration process for immigrants from Mexico into America isn't as intense (or maybe it's more intense) as the book makes it out to be, but put that aside and you've got a story that keeps you gripped. Right from the start, I felt every emotion that Lydia and Luca felt as they tried to come to terms with the deaths of their entire family and then as they left them all behind without saying a proper goodbye so they could escape their impending doom in Mexico to make the arduous, scary, uncertain journey from Acapulco all the way across the border into the US. The characters they meet, the pain they go through, the tears they shed, the hardships they face and the fear they become accustomed to come to life and you feel it all as if you were right there with them. I've never rooted for characters (and not just the protagonists) more. When they finally get the freedom and peace they deserve, I found myself breathing a sigh of relief. I've lived their journey and dreamt their stories the last few nights and I can now sleep in peace tonight knowing that Lydia, Luca, Soledad and Rebeca are safe and on their way to attempting to live their lives again.

American dirt makes you relate with the pain of refugees to a whole another level. Their sufferings, the struggle, the strength, the scare, the loot, the molestation seems like their only life. Give it a read and you will turn out with an aching heart of gold.

View into a world of immigration what some people go through to just make it to a place of their dream for a better life...and the actual first hand risks that many take but only few make it....Eye Opener

A heart rending account of a mother and son escaping into a new land where they will ever be outsiders.

The story is about a woman who has to escape with her son from her town to avoid being hunted by a Mexican cartel kingpin who is in love with her. The challenges that she faces in her journey to try and make it to America is the story.A good read.

A genuine masterpiece of a book. It's a really engaging account of a mother and son as they face hardships of all kinds in their struggle to escape their past and head to a brighter future in the US.