Winfrey chooses the novel "American Dirt" for her book club One of the year's most anticipated and debated novels is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pickNEW YORK -- Jeanine Cummins' “American Dirt,” one of the year's most anticipated and debated novels, is Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book club. “American Dirt,” published Tuesday, tells of a bookstore owner in Acapulco, Mexico, who loses much of her family to a murderous drug cartel and flees north on a terrifying journey with her 8-year-old son. And nothing has done more (than ‘American Dirt') to make me feel the pain and desperation of what it means to be on the run. Cummins, who also spoke recently to the AP, says she first thought of the book in 2013 and was inspired for various reasons. Cisneros has called “American Dirt” the “international story of our times,” but some other writers of Mexican heritage have criticized it.

Source: ABC News January 21, 2020 13:35 UTC