American Dirt Synopsis
A chance at life. American Dirt is a work of fiction by Jeanine Cummins published in 2020 by MacMillan Press. A Mother And Son Fleeing For Their Lives Over Treacherous Terrain The New York Times But first the books synopsis. American dirt synopsis . Jeanine Cummins American Dirt is a novel about a Mexican bookseller who has to escape cartel-related violence with her son fleeing to the US. Cummins novel is divided into 36 chapters and an epilogue essentially covering the aftermath of sixteen executions by the Mexican cartel. Summary of American Dirt. American Dirt tells the story of Lydia Quixano Pérez a middle-class Mexican bookseller who flees Acapulco with 8-year-old son Luca after a drug cartel violently attacks a quinceañera shes attending killing her journalist husband who earlier had profiled the cartel leader Javier. American Dirt synopsis. EW has an exclusive first-look at the book in the form of a cover and excerpt reveal. Its a heart-wrenching page-turne