02382cam a2200421 i 4500 508313750 TxAuBib 20200124120000.0 190816s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019036052 9781250209764 trade 1250209765 trade DLC eng rda DLC ICrlF TxAuBib rda Cummins, Jeanine. American dirt / Jeanine Cummins. First U.S. edition. New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. 386 pages : color map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Map on endpapers. Library Journal Starred, December 2019. Booklist starred, November 2019. Pub Weekly, November 2019. Kirkus Starred, November 2019. Library Journal Starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. "Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is. . . fairly comfortable. . . And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy. . . Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon . . . ride la bestia-trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?"--Provided by publisher. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20200124. Drug traffic Mexico Fiction. Organized crime Mexico Fiction. Immigrants Mexican-American Border Region Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)