The Distance Between Us: A Memoir

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir

â€œIn this poignant memoir about her childhood in Mexico, Reyna Grande skillfully depicts another side of the immigrant experienceâ€”the hardships and heartbreaks of the children who are left behind.â€ â€”Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of Enrique's Journey

Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this â€œcompelling . . . unvarnished, resonantâ€ (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 â€œEl Otro Ladoâ€ (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 â€œEl Otro Ladoâ€ 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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Washington Square Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-08-28
Format Kindle eBook

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