American Dirt
Registered by keeta1 of Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on 10/15/2021
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by keeta1 from Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on Friday, October 15, 2021
Lydia Quixano Pérez 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 a few 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?
Journal Entry 2 by keeta1 at Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on Thursday, January 13, 2022
Slightly melodramatic, but a good story all the same, despite all the controversy surrounding the book/author.
Journal Entry 3 by keeta1 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, February 6, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (2/3/2022 UTC) at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Keep forgetting to make release notes, but this was put in the post last week and I hope it won't take too long to reach it's destination :)
Arrived today with another Wishlist book, thanks so much for tagging me keeta1. Onto Mt TBR it goes.
I really enjoyed (?) this suspenseful book about Lydia and her eight year old son Luca escaping Mexico after her entire family were killed by the ruling drug cartel. I followed their journey on La Bestia, the freight train, by checking on Google maps which made it seem more real.
Very dramatic, and often lucky outcomes for Lydia, her son and the others they travelled with, but it did bring out the very real dangers and tragedies of the thousands of illegal migrants trying to enter USA from Mexico and Central America.
Very dramatic, and often lucky outcomes for Lydia, her son and the others they travelled with, but it did bring out the very real dangers and tragedies of the thousands of illegal migrants trying to enter USA from Mexico and Central America.
Journal Entry 6 by meganh at Street Library - Regent St - Oh The Places You’ll Go in Preston, Victoria Australia on Saturday, October 22, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (10/22/2022 UTC) at Street Library - Regent St - Oh The Places You’ll Go in Preston, Victoria Australia
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