Harry Bennett Book Discussion via Zoom: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Lydia Quixano Pérez, a bookstore owner, lives in tAcapulco with her beloved son, Luca, and husband, who is a journalist. One day a man enters the shop and steps up to the register with a few books he would like to buy—two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite, charming and unbeknownst to Lydia, the jefe of the drug cartel that has taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca are forced to flee, instantly transformed into migrants as they make their way north to the United States, the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach El Norte, Lydia sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?

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