American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

 We've all heard about the harrowing journey that many immigrants must make in order to reach the United States from Central America. Yet this migration has been going on for so long we barely pay attention to it or the people who somehow manage to complete the journey. Reading this book will challenge that indifference. The story begins with a catastrophic incident that will forever change the life of a mother and a child who had been living a comfortable life in the picturesque city of Acapulco. Compelled by the incident to make a spur of the moment decision to flee their home, they embark on a journey that many have made before them, but theirs has its own flavor and challenges. This very detailed account of their minute by minute attempt to survive the journey they undertake is hard to put down. It is no exaggeration to say that when reading this book, you will take the journey with them, encountering and surmounting each obstacle that presents itself along the way. By the end of the story you will understand how powerful a mother's love can be and why so many continue to undertake a journey that they know they may not survive.

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