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Book Review of American Dirt

American Dirt
American Dirt
Author: Jeanine Cummins
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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I wasn't sure about this when I started and I will say it is not an easy read, but it wasn't intended to be. Lydia is a bookstore owner, married to Sebastian - a newspaper reporter, mother of Luca - 8 YO. When she discovers that a customer she has become friends with is the subject of her husband's ongoing investigation into drug cartels, her world changes forever. With the murder of sixteen of her family at one time, life becomes a series of nightmares and tragedies. Their flight to freedom is eye opening, heartbreaking, and inspirational.