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The distance between us : a memoir

Grande, Reyna (Author).

Summary: The story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents cross the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are left behind with their grandmother. Her mother returns to bring Reyna and her siblings to America and a new life in a new country.

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  • ISBN: 9781451661781
  • ISBN: 1451661789
  • ISBN: 9781451661774
  • ISBN: 9781451661804
  • Physical Description: print
    325 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Washington Square Press, 2013.

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Includes teacher's guide at end.
Has "A teacher's guide" at the end of the text.

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The Distance Between Us : A Memoir
The Distance Between Us : A Memoir
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The Distance Between Us : A Memoir


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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