The controversial novel, American Dirt, will be the March selection for members of the CLC Book Club. The meeting will be on Zoom on Thursday, March 11, 1:00 p.m. 

In the story, Lydia Perez, an Acapulco, Mexico bookstore owner and her eight-year-old son Luca become targeted by a drug cartel after Lydia’s journalist husband exposes the cartel’s leader, Javier, who has become a favorite bookstore client of Lydia’s. When Lydia’s husband and relatives are murdered at a family party, Lydia and Luca must escape the cartel and they become immigrants, traveling via freight train to the U.S. border through dangerous areas of Mexico. 

A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent out by Gretchen shortly before the meeting. Looking ahead, The April and May book selections are, respectively, The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict and Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig. Please contact Gretchen at or at 315-567-6137 for more information. New members are always welcome.