title: American Dirt by: Cummins, Jeanine published: 2020-01-21 read: 2020-08 preview

It’s a story of Mexican refugees, a mother and her son, the others being killed by the cartel.  They flee, heartbreaking story… but too cheap, too easy to feel pity for them, etc.  I decided to read a bit about this prize-winning novel, and found lots of criticism: written by upper-class US about Mexican refugees?  It is too cheesy. 

I dumped it after a short while. My rating is unfair, as I did not finish.