Review: Oprah tries to dig out of 'American Dirt' fray in fascinating 'Book Club' episode
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Mar 06, 2020
3 minutes
Author Jeanine Cummins was visibly nervous when she sat down with the host of "Oprah's Book Club" to discuss the controversy surrounding her hotly contested immigration story, "American Dirt." Taking a deep breath, she physically braced for a heated discussion that had begun months before she ever stepped in front of the cameras with Oprah.
The interview, in an episode that premiered Friday on Apple TV+, was centered around the passionate debate sparked by Cummins' novel when it was published earlier this year by Flatiron Books,
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