The Distance Between Us A Memoir Reyna Grande Atria: 325 pp., $25 By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times Reyna Grande’s umbilical cord is buried under the ground of her grandmother’s home in Iguala, Mexico. We learn this fact early in Grande’s unforgettable new memoir, “The Distance Between Us.” Grande is […]

Review: A courageous voice emerges in ‘The Distance Between Us’

By Kelly Nuxoll / August 28, 2012 For over a decade, Congress has debated the DREAM Act. The bill would grant permanent residency to illegal immigrants who grew up in the United States and who argue they belong more to this country than the one they were born in. Needless […]

Reyna Grande’s memoir of Mexican illegal immigration puts a face ...

I recently finished reading a new book that I keep thinking about. It is The Distance Between Us, by Reyna Grande, and it’s a devastating memoir about the rifts caused by immigration. Grande shows how children grieve for their missing parents, especially when they are out of reach, but not […]

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Reyna Grande joined KTLA to discuss her life in poverty and her life as an undocumented immigrant in her memoir “The Distance Between Us”. “The Distance Between Us” by Reyna Grande http://www.reynagrande.com/    

Reyna Grande Talks “The Distance Between Us” w/ KTLA