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American Dirt Jeanine Cummins

Tinder Press, $37.99

Even before its release the book world was buzzing about American Dirt – a terrifying yet tender novel about a woman and her young son trying to cross illegally from Mexico into the US – and for good reason. Jeanine Cummins has put a very human face to one of the greatest ongoing tragedies of current times.

From the very first page this exquisitely written book hurtles along like a thoroughbred fresh out of the starting gates: Lydia Perez and eight-year-old Luca are at a family