|a Mexican Americans |z California |z Los Angeles |v Biography. |a Abused children |z United States |v Biography. |a Immigrants |z United States |v Biography. |a The distance between us : |b a memoir / |c Reyna Grande. |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d BTCTA |d BDX |d MLN 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. 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. unvarnished, resonant' ( BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this 'compelling. 'In this poignant memoir about her childhood in Mexico, Reyna Grande skillfully depicts another side of the immigrant experience-the hardships and heartbreaks of the children who are left behind.' -Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of Enrique's Journey

The distance between us memoir