Dirt

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Dirt comes out on April 28, 2026! Any orders placed before then will ship by release date. 

Dirt

By Erica Friedland Tufaro

ABOUT THE BOOK

It’s 1998 and architecture student Ally Acker is sure a summer at an archeological dig in rural Turkey is the perfect thing for her, now that she’s finished her master of architecture degree. Her new romantic interest will be there. And she can put off adulting and leave her overbearing Jewish parents and their expectations behind in New York.

But she wasn’t expecting there’s more dirt to uncover about the dig crew than there is covering the ruins! Amid basic conditions (can somebody get this girl a shower?) and regular threat of death by scorpion, Ally’s got to navigate the over the top crew and their petty drunken dramas, hoping she’s not in over her head.

Author Erica Friedland Tufaro’s first novel is a work of fiction inspired by her own experience on an archeological dig after completing her master’s degree, before entering the “real world.” A graduate of The University of Pennsylvania with BA in economics and a master of art in architecture, she has run her own interior and architectural design firm for almost twenty-five years. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two kids, and beloved Cavapoo. For contact information, tour dates, and book clubs visit her on Instagram @ericafriedlandtufaro.