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American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

by Jeanine Cummins

Flight from Acapulco

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#1 New York Times bestseller
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Flight from Acapulco

Set against cartel violence in Acapulco, the novel places one family’s sudden flight within a much larger movement toward the United States. Lydia’s husband, a journalist, publishes a profile of a powerful drug lord, forcing Lydia and her son Luca to leave the life they knew. Their journey brings them alongside others who are also fleeing, though for different reasons. The premise links an intimate family crisis with the wider realities of migration, raising questions about what people leave behind and what they hope to reach.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Readers interested in fiction about migration and journeys toward the United States.
Readers seeking a family-centered story set amid cartel violence in Mexico.
Readers interested in stories that connect individual circumstances with broader social upheaval.

Themes

Migration and displacementFamilyCartel violenceFlight and refuge

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Book overview

Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt, the #1 New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick that has sold over three million copies

Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the cartels, Lydia's life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. But after her husband's tell-all profile of the newest drug lord is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.

Forced to flee, Lydia and Luca find themselves joining the countless people trying to reach the United States. Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?

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