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American Dirt
American Dirt is a 2020 novel by American author Jeanine Cummins, published by Flatiron Books. The book is about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to flee as an undocumented immigrant to the United States, along with her son, after her journalist husband exposes a local drug kingpin. American Dirt was a New York Times best seller, selling over 3 million copies worldwide in 37 languages. It was selected for the TV series Oprah's Book Club and was on the longlist for the 2020 Prix Médicis étranger. It was also strongly criticized as being culturally exploitative, especially by Mexican-American authors.
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