American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

#1 New York Times Bestseller
OPRAH¿S BOOK CLUB PICK

¿Extraordinary.¿¿Stephen King

¿This book is not simply the great American novel; it¿s the great novel of las Americas. It¿s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.¿¿Sandra Cisneros

Tambi¿de este lado hay sue¿os. On this side too, there are dreams.

Lydia Quixano P¿z 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 favor