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SUMMARY:Steve Redan Memorial Author Series - Reyna Grande
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DESCRIPTION:Sign up for an exciting virtual chat with the author of your f
 avorite book. .\nhttps://roxburylibrary.libnet.info/event/16493735
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In her ambitious new memoir\,&nbsp\;Migran
 t Heart: Essays About Things I Can&rsquo\;t Forget\, beloved bestselling a
 uthor Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and t
 he complex journey of healing that follows survival.</p>\n<p>What is the t
 rue power of stories? Can they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic childh
 ood? 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 inter
 rogates how living between two nations\, two languages\, and two identitie
 s has shaped the woman\, mother\, and writer she has become. Moving from t
 he legacy of violence in her hometown of Iguala\, Mexico\, to a bitterswee
 t family vacation in Europe spent reconciling her own impoverished past wi
 th her children&rsquo\;s world of abundance\, she uncovers startling truth
 s about the nature of survival.</p>\n<p>Whether being racially profiled in
  the Arizona borderlands or finding unexpected wisdom from the slugs in he
 r 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 memo
 ry threatens to define us\, how can we use story to heal while still honor
 ing our boundaries?</p>\n<p>Register today for this virtual talk if you id
 entify as a seeker\, a dreamer\, or &ldquo\;anyone who believes in the end
 uring\, transformative power of finding one&rsquo\;s voice.&rdquo\;</p>\n<
 p>About the Author:</p>\n<p>Reyna Grande is an award-winning author\, moti
 vational speaker\, and writing teacher. As a young girl\, she crossed the 
 US&ndash\;Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles\, a harrowing jo
 urney chronicled in&nbsp\;The Distance Between Us\, a National Book Critic
 s Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novels&nbsp\;A Ballad
  of Love and Glory\,&nbsp\;Across a Hundred Mountains\, and&nbsp\;Dancing 
 with Butterflies\, the memoirs&nbsp\;Migrant Heart\,&nbsp\;The Distance Be
 tween Us: Young Readers&nbsp\;Edition\, and&nbsp\;A Dream Called Home\, an
 d&nbsp\;the anthology&nbsp\;Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Mi
 gration\,&nbsp\;Survival\, and New Beginnings. She lives in Woodland\, Cal
 ifornia\, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for mor
 e information.</p>\n<p>Free access to The Steve Redan Memorial Author Seri
 es is made possible through the support and generosity of the Redan family
 .</p>\n<p>Register online or by calling the library at (973) 584-2400.</p>
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