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“Lydia is dubious at first, but if you can’t trust a librarian, who can you trust?”

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

February 13, 2022 by Nart 1 Comment

Plot: Lydia is a Mexican woman living in Acapulco with her husband and son. She runs a bookstore and her husband works as a journalist sounding the alarm on the growing danger of cartels. An article about a new leader of a cartel results in a snowball effect that leaves 16 members of Lydia’s family dead, brutally murdered, and Lydia and her son Luca alive only by sheer luck. So they pack a bag, and they run. And run. And run. This is a hard […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: jeanine cummins

Nart's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: jeanine cummins ·
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A swing and a miss from Oprah.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

September 19, 2020 by scootsa1000 6 Comments

I did not like this book. I remember the weird Oprah controversy from last year, but honestly, didn’t pay too much attention to it while it was going on. And then my book club chose it for the summer selection. Most people loved it — regardless of the controversial story of Jeanine Cummins — but I couldn’t really get past her whole story and as I continued reading (well, listening), I got more and more annoyed with her and the story. A quick overview of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: american dirt, cbr12, cbr12bingo, friendship, jeanine cummins, oprah, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: american dirt, cbr12, cbr12bingo, friendship, jeanine cummins, oprah, Scootsa1000 ·
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