The Distance Between Us

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A Memoir

By Reyna Grande

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The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande is a compelling memoir that narrates the author's childhood experiences in Mexico and her eventual journey to the United States. Reyna shares the emotional impact of being left behind by her parents, the hardships she endured growing up, and her determination to overcome challenges in pursuit of a better life. This poignant story highlights themes of family, immigration, and resilience, offering an intimate look into the immigrant experience.
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This powerful memoir may appeal to you if you are drawn to heartfelt stories about immigration, resilience, and overcoming adversity. The author shares her personal journey of growing up in Mexico and reuniting with her family in America, offering a deeply emotional and inspiring narrative.

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In 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 “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (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 “El Otro Lado” (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 “El Otro Lado” 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.

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The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande has received high praise for its poignant, brutally honest depiction of the immigrant experience and family disintegration due to immigration. Reviewers highlight Grande's evocative storytelling, her ability to present the harsh realities of her childhood in Mexico and subsequent challenges in the U.S., while admirably displaying resilience through adversity. Critics commend the memoir for giving a voice to the often-overlooked stories of immigrant families, marking it an important and impactful read.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781451661781

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 March 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Reyna Grande is an award-winning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. As a girl, she crossed the US–Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled in The Distance Between Us, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist that has been adopted as the common read selection by over twenty schools and colleges and fourteen cities across the country. Her other books include the novels Across a Hundred Mountains, winner of a 2007 American Book Award, and Dancing with Butterflies, and The Distance Between Us, Young Reader’s Version. She lives in Woodland, CA with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com.

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