When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.įorced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy-two of them her favorites. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Įven though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. As such, the following book club questions for American Dirt will discuss both the book and the public outcry surrounding this novel. And many in the Latino community expressed outraged over the novel’s portrayal of Latinos saying it relied on racist stereotypes.
But there was more to the story about American Dirt including plenty of misleading marketing and promotion. A story about a Mexican mother and son fleeing to the United States seemed like such a good pick for book clubs. Good book club reads are thought-provoking and lend itself to in-depth discussions.
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