The Novel Views Fiction Book Discussion me ets in Group Study Room 5\, located on the lower level of the library\, in the Children's Room \;
\nJoin us to talk about this month's selection \;"American Dirt" \;by Jeanine Cummins.
\n""Tambi&eacut e\;n de este lado hay sueñ\;os. (On this side\, too\, there are drea ms.) Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son\, Luca\, the love of her life\, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels\, her life is\, by and large\, fai rly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell\, Lydia stocks s ome of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man en ters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he wo uld like to buy-two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charmi ng. And\, unbeknownst to Lydia\, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all p rofile of Javier is published\, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee\, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. 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. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte\, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But w hat exactly are they running to?"-- By publisher.
\nPrint copies may be available at the Germantown Library after September 2\, 2026.
\nAvailable in several formats and on Overdrive/Libby and on Hoopla as an eA udioBook. \;
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