"A Long Petal of the Sea" meets "Cold Moun tain" in this sweeping historical saga following a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier who must fight\, at first for their survival and then for their love\, amidst the atrocity of the Mexican-American War&mdash\;from the author of the &ldquo\;timely and riveting&rdquo\; (People) "Across a H undred Mountains" and "The Distance Between Us."
\n&ldquo\;Reyna Gra nde has given us an epic and exquisitely wrought portrait of the Americas and Mexico&rsquo\;s battle for freedom. A \;Ballad of Love and Glory&n bsp\;astonishes with its passion and historical precision. A simply mesmer izing and unforgettable novel.&rdquo\; \;&mdash\;Patricia Engel\, \;New York Times \;bestselling author of "Infinite Country"
\nReyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir\, "The
Distance Between Us\," (Atria\, 2012) where she writes about her life bef
ore and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumen
ted child immigrant. The much-anticipated sequel\, "A Dream Called Home" (
Atria)\, was released in 2018. \;Her other works include the \;nov
els\, "Across a Hundred Mountains\," (Atria\, 2006) and "Dancing with Butt
erflies" (Washington Square Press\, 2009) which were published to critical
acclaim. \;The Distance Between Us \;is also available as a young
readers edition from Simon &\; Schuster&rsquo\;s Children&rsquo\;s Div
ision&ndash\;Aladdin. Her books \;have been adopted as the common read
selection by schools\, colleges\, and cities across the country. She has
two forthcoming books due to be published in 2022: "A Ballad of Love and G
lory" (Atria\, March 15)\, a novel set during the Mexican-American War\, a
nd an anthology by and about undocumented Americans called "Somewhere We A
re Human: Authentic Voices on Migration\, Survival and New Beginnings" (Ha
rperVia\, June 7). Reyna has received an American Book Award\, the El Prem
io Aztlá\;n Literary Award\, and the International Latino Book Award
. In 2012\, she was a finalist for the prestigious National Book Critics C
ircle Awards\, and in 2015 she was honored with a Luis Leal Award for Dist
inction in Chicano/Latino Literature. The young reader&rsquo\;s version of
\;The Distance Between Us \;received a 2017 Honor Book Award for
the Amé\;ricas Award for Children&rsquo\;s and Young Adult Literatur
e and a \;2016 Eureka! Honor \;Awards from the California Reading
Association\, and an International Literacy Association Children&rsquo\;s
Book Award 2017. Writing about immigration\, family separation\, language
trauma\, the price of the American Dream\, and her writing journey\, Reyna
&rsquo\;s work has appeared in The New York Times\, the Dallas Morning New
s\, CNN\, The Lily at The Washington Post\, Buzzfeed\, among others. In Ma
rch 2020\, she was a guest in \;Oprah&rsquo\;s Book Club. Born in
\;Iguala\, Guerrero\, Mexico (where \;43 college students \;disapp
eared in 2014)\, Reyna was two years old when her father left for the U.S.
to find work. Her mother followed her father north two years later\, leav
ing Reyna and her siblings behind in Mexico. In 1985\, when Reyna was nine
\, she left Iguala to make her own journey north. After attending Pasadena
City College for two years\, Reyna became the first person in her family
to set foot in a university. She went on to obtain a B.A. in creative writ
ing and film &\; video from the University of California\, Santa Cruz.
She later received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University.
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\nBooks available for purchase through Mahogany Books. Borrow the book from PGCMLS (eBook). \;
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