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Author:

Grande, Reyna.

Title:

The distance between us : a memoir / Reyna Grande.

Edition:

1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Washington Square Press,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

325 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Grande, Reyna--Childhood and youth.
Mexican Americans--Biography.
Immigrants--United States--Biography.
Abused children--United States--Biography.
Mexico--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
United States--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Mexican Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography.
Mexican American women authors--Biography.

Notes:

Includes teacher's guide at end.

Summary:

The story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents cross the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are left behind with their grandmother. Her mother returns to bring Reyna and her siblings to America and a new life in a new country.

ISBN:

1451661789 (pbk.)
9781451661781 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)841579678

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)