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Learn moreIn this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border.
Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this โcompelling...unvarnished, resonantโ (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to โEl Otro Ladoโ (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to โEl Otro Ladoโ to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father.
Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home.
Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.
Reyna Grande is an award-winning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. As a young girl, she crossed the USโMexico border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled inย The Distance Between Us, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novelsย A Ballad of Love and Glory,ย Across a Hundred Mountains, andย Dancing with Butterflies, the memoirsย The Distance Between Us: Young Readersย Edition, andย Aย Dream Called Home, and the anthologyย Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration,ย Survival, and New Beginnings. She lives in Woodland, California, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for more information.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Reyna Grande
Narrator:
Yareli Arizmendi
ISBN:
9781797114132
Length:
11 hours 35 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:
July 14, 2020
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#8,215 Overall
Genre rank:
#727 in Biography & Memoir