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(Canceled) Lunch with Jeanine Cummins

  • February 10, 2020
  • 12:00 AM - 12:30 AM
  • Temple Israel | 137 NE 19 Street | Miami, FL 33132
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Registration

  • Guests may attend no more than two luncheons per season.
  • This is a discounted option for members aged 35 and younger.

Once registration has closed and our commitment has been turned in to our venue, you must contact our office to inquire about attending this event. Thank you for your understanding.

*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED ***

Please visit our EVENTS page for an updated calendar of luncheons.

Updated 2/3/2020, 11:50am


Jeanine Cummins

También de este lado hay sueños. On this side too, there are dreams.

Already being hailed as “one of the most important books of our times,” Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. It is a literary achievement, filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity that will leave readers utterly changed. Ms. Cummins is the author of three books: the novels The Outside Boy and The Crooked Branch, and the bestselling memoir A Rip in Heaven

American Dirt

Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic", American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope.

If it’s only a better life you seek, seek it elsewhere...This path is only for people who have no choice, no other option, only violence and misery behind you. And your journey will grow even more treacherous from here. Everything is working against you. ―American Dirt

Lydia Quixano Perez 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 four books he would like to buy―two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.

Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia―trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?

American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times.


Publisher: Flatiron Books  

Photo credit: Joe Kennedy   



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