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American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

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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? Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Flatiron Books; First Edition (January 21, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250209765


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 64


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.58 x 1.42 x 9.59 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #29,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #648 in Psychological Fiction (Books) #915 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #1,264 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction


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    • Amazing, elegant, heart wrenching
This book was so elegantly done, the images of life and death painted so clearly with Jeanine Cummins words across the pages. It is so amazing to me that this book is translated; the beauty and cruelty of Lydia and Luca’s journey is revealed with such clarity. So many of us live lives gifted to us from our ancestors, their struggles watered down for our consumption. We can never really know the fear, the hunger, the sheer determination that made them leave the counties of their births to make new lives somewhere frightening and new. Those ancestors may not all have left for reasons as grisly or bloody as Lydia’s or Soledad’s, but the roads have all been paved the same way: with grit, with pride, and with vision for a future so bright as to light the way ahead with its hope. Those of us who were born here have no true understanding of this struggle, and that is the gift from those who come before. We may grow up hungry or poor, but we do not fear for our very lives or pay for our freedoms in ways no human should experience. Like so many great books, American Dirt is so much bigger than the words that make it up. The story of Lydia and Luca is frightening and sad and horrifying and you cannot help but root for their very survival even as you wonder how many other undocumented immigrants from so many other countries undergo journeys like this one - or even ones that are unimaginably worse. This book invokes such a soul-deep connection that you want to know that its characters have healed and gone on to succeed and grow and and love. It makes you wonder how many people around you are living this life or something like it. This story is so incredibly vivid it invokes compassion and empathy that make you want to ask everyone about their story so that you can celebrate it with them. America continues to be built on the backs of the last people off the boat or across the border, but as a country we continue to treat those immigrants - documented and undocumented both - as though their very lives are somehow devalued in comparison to those of us who were born here. Our government and our citizens continue to perpetuate a system where immigrant labor is undervalued and their safety is not guaranteed. American Dirt brings the struggle of two families to light, but it is up to us as citizens to demand government reforms and impact societal change to address these issues in our country. We cannot continue to embrace our apathy for such a large group of citizens who silently and impotently struggle in our midst even while we rely so heavily on their very existence in our economy and our lives. Read American Dirt. It might change your life. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020 by KristiDagz
    • Great Read
Review Image by Henry Harris Henry Harris
This book was engaging from start to finish. It begins with the horrific setting of a family massacre; committed during a birthday celebration at the home of Lydia and Sebastian. Lydia and her eight-year-old son, Luca, were the sole survivors. They hid themselves in a bathtub while listening in terror as gunshots rang out in the front yard, where family were barbequing chicken. Fifteen people were killed, including Lydia’s mother and her husband, Sebastian. There wasn’t time to grieve, or to make funeral arrangements for the victims. Lydia’s focus was on her and her son Luca’s safety. They left their home in Acapulco with utmost haste and urgency. Their destination was El Norte. Early in their journey, Lydia recollects the events which led to her family being targeted for annihilation. Her husband, Sebastian, was a journalist. He wrote an article profiling Acapulco’s new drug cartel potentate, a man she knew as Javier. She had met Javier when he entered her bookstore. They became friends, sharing an interest in poetry. She could not have imagined, in her wildest dreams, that this seemingly kind and cultured man, was head of a drug cartel. She could not have foreseen that the article Sebastian wrote would be read by Javier’s beloved daughter, Marta, who was away at college. Devastated by the news of her father’s nefarious deeds, Marta hung herself in her dorm room, provoking the vengeful wrath of Javier. So, along their perilous journey, Lydia had to watch her back, and keep a vigilant eye for potential sicarios employed by Javier. Cummins provides a searing description of Lydia and Luca’s trek to El Norte; a journey entailing fifty-three days and 2,645 miles from the site of the massacre. She gives the reader a poignant depiction of the people Lydia and Luca encounter along the way, beautifully illuminating their shared humanity. Cummins skillfully encapsulates the varied circumstances which led ‘El migra’ to leave their homes and family members. Some were escaping the tyranny of cartels. Some were avoiding becoming sex slaves. Some had been deported, and are now seeking a return to El Norte, and to a life offering an opportunity to earn a living, as modest and unassuming as that may be. A Ph.D. candidate was a deportee who joined Lydia’s group late in their journey. American Dirt is a must read. The gritty, intricate plot will keep you engrossed. The breadth and depth of the characters will enlighten and broaden an empathetic sensibility. It’s ending, culminating on American soil, will pull at the heartstrings. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022 by Henry Harris Henry Harris

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