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American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

by Jeanine Cummins

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Flight from Acapulco

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    #1 New York Times bestseller

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Flight from Acapulco

Set against cartel violence and the northward journey of migrants, American Dirt centers on Lydia and her son, Luca, after a journalist’s article about a drug lord puts their lives in danger. Their flight from Acapulco brings them into contact with others also trying to reach the United States, widening the story from one family’s escape to the varied pressures driving people to leave. The book’s central question—what people are running toward as well as what they are fleeing—frames its treatment of displacement, danger, and the search for safety.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary fiction about migration and displacement.
  • Readers drawn to stories centered on a mother and child facing danger together.
  • Readers interested in fiction set amid cartel violence in Mexico.

Themes

Migration and displacementFamily and protectionCartel violenceThe search for safety and a new life

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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, is finally available in paperback.

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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