After publishing two acclaimed and awardwinning novels about the mexican immigrant experience and the families forced to navigate its twists and turns, celebrated author reyna grande reveals her own troubled and triumphant story as an illegal immigrant in the heartfelt memoir the distance between us born in mexico and raised by her grandparents after her parents left to find work in the u. Book tv talked to reyna grande about her memoir, the distance between us. Aug 28, 2012 the distance between us captures one girls passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. The distance between us will be republished september 2016 as a young in her memoir, the distance between us atria, 2012 reyna recounts her experiences as a child left behind in mexico when her parents emigrated to the u. The distance between us audiobook listen instantly. Reyna grande books list of books by author reyna grande. Reyna grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this compelling. When reyna grande was nine years old, she walked across the us mexico border in search of a home, desperate to be reunited with the parents who had left her behind years before for a better life in the city of angels. The distance between us essay in the memoir, the distance between us, by reyna grande, reyna explains how her and her three siblings managed to grow up without any parents.
And after years of studying them from behind the cash register of her moms. Born in mexico and raised by her grandparents after her parents left to find work in the u. The distance between us the distance between us audiobook, by reyna grande. Reyna grandes the distance between us, a memoir by 15 bytes on october 6, 2014 leave a comment author reyna grande will appear as part of the sixweeklong utah humanities book festival oct. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. The distance between us reyna grande by joseph gotti on prezi. Written by reyna grande, audiobook narrated by tanya eby. Reyna grande is an awardwinning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. The distance between us audiobook, by reyna grande. Seventeenyearold caymen meyers learned early that the rich are not to be trusted. Oct 15, 2012 book tv talked to reyna grande about her memoir, the distance between us. A memoir by reyna grande she was left at age 2 by her father, then at 4 watched her mother go. And after years of studying them from behind the cash register of her moms porcelaindoll shop, she has seen nothing to prove otherwise.
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A memoirrochester appearances march 28 to march 304732590. Raised in mexico in brutal poverty during the 1980s, fouryearold grande and her two siblings lived w. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. She is a speaker and workshop leader for creative writers, and is the recipient of scores of awards and honors.
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