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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Reyna Grande
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DESCRIPTION:In her new memoir\, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Canâ
 €™t Forget\, bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden co
 st of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing..\nhttps://ocl
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In her ambitious new memoir\, <em>Migrant 
 Heart: Essays About Things I Can&rsquo\;t Forget\,</em> beloved bestsellin
 g author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream an
 d the complex journey of healing that follows survival.</p>\n<p>What is th
 e true power of stories? Can they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic chi
 ldhood? Is the cost of telling the story worth the price of the cure?</p>\
 n<p>With her signature blend of sophistication and raw honesty\, Grande in
 terrogates how living between two nations\, two languages\, and two identi
 ties has shaped the woman\, mother\, and writer she has become. Moving fro
 m the legacy of violence in her hometown of Iguala\, Mexico\, to a bitters
 weet family vacation in Europe spent reconciling her own impoverished past
  with her children&rsquo\;s world of abundance\, she uncovers startling tr
 uths about the nature of survival.</p>\n<p>Whether being racially profiled
  in the Arizona borderlands or finding unexpected wisdom from the slugs in
  her garden\, Grande unflinchingly asks: How do we bridge the gap between 
 who we were and who we have become? How do we turn pain into power? When m
 emory threatens to define us\, how can we use story to heal while still ho
 noring our boundaries?</p>\n<p>Register today for this virtual talk if you
  identify as a seeker\, a dreamer\, or &ldquo\;anyone who believes in the 
 enduring\, transformative power of finding one&rsquo\;s voice.&rdquo\;</p>
 \n<p><br />About the Author:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br />Reyna Grande is an award
 -winning author\, motivational speaker\, and writing teacher. As a young g
 irl\, she crossed the US&ndash\;Mexico border to join her family in Los An
 geles\, a harrowing journey chronicled in <em>The Distance Between Us</em>
 \, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include 
 the novels<em> A Ballad of Love and Glory</em>\, <em>Across a Hundred Moun
 tains\,</em> and <em>Dancing with Butterflies</em>\, the memoirs <em>Migra
 nt Heart</em>\, <em>The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition</em>\, 
 and <em>A Dream Called Home</em>\, and the anthology <em>Somewhere We Are 
 Human: Authentic Voices on Migration\, Survival\, and New Beginnings</em>.
  She lives in Woodland\, California\, with her husband and two children. V
 isit ReynaGrande.com for more information.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><br />&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p>The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearan
 ce in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they r
 epresent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute 
 an endorsement or recommendation by Orange County Library System.</p>\nhtt
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