I had had it on my to-be-read shelf in my bedroom since I got it in Feb of 2020. When my book club decided to read American Dirt I was pretty excited to read it. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia-trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.įorced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy-two of them her favorites. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Įven though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco.
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