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An inspiring new memoir from Reyna Grande, the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and nationally bestselling author of The Distance Between Us, about her quest for her dream life and career and the home we build for ourselves. Now available in Spanish. When Reyna Grande crossed the U. S. -Mexico border at age ten, she left her childhood home behind forever. Finally reunited with her mother and father "on the other side, " she thought they would all be a family again in their new American home. What she found instead was a cold house filled with a harsher distance between herself and her parents, sharpened by proximity and the disillusion of discovering their new reality. A Dream Called Home begins when Reyna is on her way to the University of California, Santa Cruz on a full scholarship.
About the Author
Reyna Grande is an award-winning novelist and memoirist. Her latest book, A Dream Called Home, will be released on October 2, 2018. Her critically acclaimed memoir, The Distance Between Us, was a National Book Critics Circle Awards finalist. In that book, Reyna writes about her life before and after coming to the U.S as an undocumented child immigrant. It is about what is lost and what is gained in the pursuit of a better life. The Common Reading book selection at colleges and universities across the nation, in September 2016, The Distance Between Us was republished for young readers ages 10-14. Grande's first novel, Across A Hundred Mountains (Atria 2006) , received an American Book Award (2007) ,the El Premio Aztlan Literary Award (2006) , and a Latino Books Into Movies Award (2010) . Grande's second novel, Dancing with Butterflies, was published in October 2009 to critical acclaim. It was the recipient of a 2010 International Latino Book Award and was selected by Las Comadres Para Las Americas National Book Club. Born in Mexico in 1975, Grande was raised by her grandparents after her parents left her behind while they worked in the U.S. She came to the U.S. at the age of nine as an undocumented immigrant and went on to become the first person in her family to obtain a higher education. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and Film and Video from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch University. She is a sought-after speaker at middle/high schools, colleges and universities across the nation, and teaches creative writing workshops.
