Book club picks to start the year

“American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins. COAST Magazine book club pick, January 2020. (image courtesy of the publisher)
With comparisons to Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins is a timely and powerful portrayal of the lives of immigrants. It also has a gripping and compelling narrative that should be required reading for all Americans. Lydia Quixano Perez runs a small bookstore in Acapulco and becomes acquainted with a customer w