American dirt
by
 
Cummins, Jeanine, author.

Title
American dirt

Author
Cummins, Jeanine, author.
 
Arizmendi, Yareli, 1964- narrator.
 
Blackstone Publishing, distributor.
 
Macmillan Audio (Firm), publisher.

Summary
También de este lado hay sueños -- On this side, too, there are dreams. 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, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. 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-two of them her favorites. 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 find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca 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? American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed when they finish reading it. A page-turner filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page, it is a literary achievement."-- Provided by publisher.

General Note
Title from container.
 
Compact discs.

Edition
Unabridged.

Physical Description
14 audio discs (approximately 17 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
Thrillers (Fiction)
 
Audiobooks.

Subject Term
Drug traffic -- Fiction.
 
Organized crime -- Fiction.
 
Immigrants -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction.

Author(s)
Arizmendi, Yareli, 1964-

Added Corporate Author
Blackstone Publishing,
 
Macmillan Audio (Firm),

Publisher
Macmillan Audio,

Publication Date
2020
 
2019

ISBN
9781250260611

Publication Information
New York, New York : Macmillan Audio, [2020]
 
℗©2019

Call Number
CDB CUMMINGS


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