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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.įunny, 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.Īlso available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:01:07 Boxid IA40063619 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier When she is two, her father leaves the family for the United States hoping to earn money for building a house in Mexico. 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. The book The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande provides an account of Reyna Grande’s life in Mexico and later in the United States.

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. 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.

The distance between us by reyna grande