American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Jeanine Cummins (Discussion Prompts)
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Publisher Description
American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Jeanine Cummins
American Dirt: A Novel is a 2020 novel written by Jeanine Cummins. The book was published by Flatiron Books on January 21, 2020. After its release, it became a #1 New York Times bestseller and is an Oprah’s Book Club pick.
The book is about the terrible journey of a woman named Lydia Quixano Pérez as she brought along her son to escape their comfortable life in Mexico. It starts with Lydia befriending her bookstore customer Javier, whom she found to have the same interests with books as her. However, her husband, Sebastián, found out that Javier is the leader of a dangerous cartel. When Sebastián revealed the expose, Javier got angry. Javier ordered to slaughter Sebastián and his family in a barbecue party. Only Lydia and her eight-year-old son survived. They tried to escape as undocumented immigrants to the United States.
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Customer Reviews
American Dirt
This book is an excellant read about a very real and actual events that occur daily in the USA and around the world. Immigrants who find life in their country to be just to dangerous and lack of freedom and justice, escaping or immigrating to another country that they must assimilate. The story is good since it is a middle class family that has been killed by a Cartel who seeks revenge on the entire family. While a mother and her son have nothing else but to try and escape with their lives, it makes people better understand and hopefully sympathetic to the plight of many if not mose of our immigrants that came to America. We must not treat these individuals, people as criminals or drug smuglers, but accept their extreme hardships and willingness to contribute to our society in a positive way! I recommend this book to everyone who doesn’t understand or have experiences with Mexico and Latin America. For me,
I personally went to school in Guadalajara while in doing my graduate work at the American Graduate School of International Business and I wrote my thesis on Mexico, I have travelled extensively throughout Mexico and have come to really love the Mexican peopole and understand their current situation. Last year alone over 9,000 people forciblty disappeared under President Andres Mauel Lopez Obrador, and more than 61,000 people have been forcibly diappeared in Mexico since 1964. Majority since 2006! This must end immediately!
Read the Book and take action today!
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