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AMERICAN DIRT
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15.00€
On Sale: 21st January 2020
Description
FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE.
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.
ISBN: 9781472261397
Categories: 2020 Fiction Best Sellers, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Stunning Fiction for 2021
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