The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless underworld of an Arkansas chicken processing plant in this new thriller from the award-winning author of Don't Know Tough. Gabriela Menchaca and Edwin Saucedo are hardworking, undocumented employees at the Detmer Foods chicken plant in Springdale, Arkansas, just a stone’s throw from the trailer park where they’ve lived together for seven years. While dealing with personal tragedies of their own, the young couple endures the brutal, dehumanizing conditions at the plant in exchange for barebones pay. When the plant manager, Luke Jackson, fires Edwin to set an example for the rest of the workers—and to show the higherups that he’s ready for a major promotion—Edwin is determined to get revenge on Luke and his wife, Mimi, a new mother who stays at home with her six-month-old son. Edwin’s impulsive action sets in motion a devastating chain of events that illuminates the deeply entrenched power dynamics between those who revel at the top and those who toil at the bottom. From the nationally bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Don’t Know Tough and Ozark Dogs comes another edge-of-your-seat noir thriller that exposes the dark, bloody heart of life on the margins in the American South and the bleak underside of a bygone American Dream.
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This one was just ok for me. I didn't much care for any of the characters and that made it hard to connect to the story.
Illegal immigrants being overworked and underpaid in horrific working conditions. Its horrific don't get me wrong but when you are in a country illegally.... You are going to be used this way and they both had the chance to go home and be with family but chose to be slave labored instead. I couldn't stand Edwin. UGH
Luke who runs the plant, that allows this to happen... DIRT BAG! His wife? Didn't like her either. That makes it hard to enjoy a book for me but the plot kept me listening and I actually thought the ending was good.
3 stars