The Distance Between Us
By
Reyna Grande
Read by
Alejandra Reynoso,
Yareli Arizmendi
Release:
07/14/2020
Release:
07/14/2020
Release:
09/19/2023
Runtime:
11h 37m
Runtime:
11h 37m
Quantity:
“Grande is a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer with an important story to tell.”
Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York TImes bestselling author
An Oprah Magazine Pick of Books about Immigration That Capture the Experience
A Christian Science Monitor Book of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year for Adults & Teens
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Winner of the International Latino Book Award
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.
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.
Release:
2020-07-14
2020-07-14
2023-09-19
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
11h 37m
11h 37m
11h 37m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.75 lb
0.75 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781797114132
9781797114156
9781797159478
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