She’s a middle-class, bookstore-owning “Mami” who starts her treacherous journey with a small fortune: a stack of cash, thousands of dollars in inheritance money also an ATM card to access thousands more from her mother’s life savings. Never in nearly two decades of writing about immigrants have I come across someone who resembles Cummins’ heroine, a Mexican woman named Lydia. But it’s strange that a novel so many are praising for its humanity seems so far from all the real-life immigrant experiences I’ve covered. Cummins is not obligated to write a book that reflects my life. Sure, I know it’s all fiction and I’m no literary critic. Books ‘American Dirt’ publisher stands by polarizing novel amid brewing backlashĪfter author Jeanine Cummins ignited a firestorm with her portrayal of Mexican migrants, “American Dirt” publisher Flatiron Books defends the novel.
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