Lydia’s husband, Sebastian, was a journalist, and the murders are retaliation for a profile he wrote about the cartel’s leader, known as La Lechuza (The Owl). The massacre begins in the novel’s first sentence, and the pace rarely lets up as the gang hunts for the two survivors. They have to flee their comfortable home when a drug cartel that has gradually taken over the city kills 16 members of their family at a backyard barbecue. The story of one Mexican mother and her young son reminds us that migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border (and everywhere) are individuals driven by their own unique and desperate stories.Ĭummins tells of Lydia, a bookstore owner in Acapulco, and her smart, sensitive 8-year-old, Luca. In her beautiful, suspenseful and timely new novel “American Dirt,” Jeanine Cummins succeeds in taking migration - one of the central issues of our time - and bringing it down to human size. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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