In her ambitious new memoir\, \;Mi grant Heart: Essays About Things I Can&rsquo\;t Forget\, beloved best selling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dr eam and the complex journey of healing that follows survival.
\nWith her signature blend of sophistication and raw honesty\, Grande interrogat es how living between two nations\, two languages\, and two identities has shaped the woman\, mother\, and writer she has become. Moving from the le gacy of violence in her hometown of Iguala\, Mexico\, to a bittersweet fam ily vacation in Europe spent reconciling her own impoverished past with he r children&rsquo\;s world of abundance\, she uncovers startling truths abo ut the nature of survival.
\nReyna Grande is an award-winning author \, motivational speaker\, and writing teacher. As a young girl\, she cross ed the US&ndash\;Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles\, a harro wing journey chronicled in \;The Distance Between Us\, a Nati onal Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novel s \;A Ballad of Love and Glory\, \;Across a Hundred M ountains\, and \;Dancing with Butterflies\; the memoirs& nbsp\;Migrant Heart\, \;The Distance Between Us: Young Re aders \;Edition\, and \;A Dream Called Home\; and&nb sp\;the anthology \;Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Mi gration\, \;Survival\, and New Beginnings. She lives in Woodland\ , California\, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com fo r more information.
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