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03697aam a2200421Mi 4500 001 FB79A27A0BB511ECB4F7DDF040ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210902012041 008 190724s2019 nyua 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1501171437 020 $a 9781501171437 035 $a (OCoLC)1110597840 040 $a CGP $b eng $e rda $c CGP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d VLW $d FXN $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ca $a n-mx--- $a n-us-ca 050 4 $a E184.M5 $b G664 2019 082 04 $a 305.868/720794 $2 23 100 1 $a Grande, Reyna, $e author. 245 12 $a A dream called home : $b a memoir / $c Reyna Grande. 250 $a First Washington Square Press/Atria Paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Washington Square Press/Atria, $c 2019. 300 $a 327 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a From bestselling author Reyna Grande--whose remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us has become required reading in schools across the country--comes an inspiring account of one woman's quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. When Reyna Grande was nine years old, she walked across the US-Mexico border in search of a home, desperate to be reunited with the parents who had left her behind years before for a better life in the City of Angels. What she found instead was an indifferent mother, an abusive, alcoholic father, and a school system that belittled her heritage. With so few resources at her disposal, Reyna finds refuge in words, and it is her love of reading and writing that propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now once again estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to "a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer" (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild ); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "speak[ing] for millions of immigrants whose voices have gone unheard" (Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street ); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reyna's exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure. 600 10 $a Grande, Reyna. 610 20 $a University of California, Santa Cruz $x Students $v Biography. 610 20 $a University of California, Santa Cruz $x Students $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Mexican American women authors $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $z California $v Biography. 650 0 $a Teachers $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $z California $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Mexico $x Social aspects. $x Social aspects. 651 0 $a United States $x Social aspects. $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Autobiographies. 941 $a 2 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20220601010751.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210902014026.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB79A27A0BB511ECB4F7DDF040ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search