'Fascinating, haunting, poetic' Sunday Times 'A mould-breaking new classic . The novel truly becomes novel again in her hands - electric, elastic, alluring, new' New York Times 'Daring, wholly original, brilliant . a twist on the great American road trip novel, a book about alienation that chronicles fractures, divides, and estrangement' NPR 'Timely and poignant' Vogue 'A wonderfully subtle story in which the experience of migrant children is filtered through the delicate, funny, effortlessly poetic account of a family's road trip from New York to the Mexican border' Guardian 'Roving and beautiful . a searing indictment of America's border policy' Daily Mail 'Powerful and urgent' Stylist.