Somers Book Club April Book Discussion

Join us to discuss the book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. Lydia Quixano Pérez runs a bookstore in Acapulco, Mexico, where she lives with her journalist husband, Sebastián, and their 8-year-old son, Luca. When a man starts visiting her store, buying books and striking up a friendship, she has no idea initially that he will be responsible for turning her life upside down. But Lydia and Luca will have to flee Acapulco, setting them on a journey they will share with countless other Central and South Americans-turned migrants. From the colossal opening chapter to the epilogue, American Dirt is a novel of crisp writing, urgent pacing, and remarkable empathy.

Copies of the book are available at the Somers Library; call to reserve your copy. Please register on our online calendar here or call the library at 914-232-5717 in order to have access to this meeting. You will receive an email prior to the meeting with a Zoom invitation.