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Reyna Grande’s memoir in essays, Migrant Heart, illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival.
As a young girl, Grande crossed the U.S.–Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles. In Migrant Heart, she turns her gaze inward and unflinchingly interrogates how living between two nations, two languages, and two identities has shaped the woman, mother, and writer she has become. It is an essential, moving read that continues to expand what we understand about the United States and the complex people who cross and live within its borders.
Reyna Grande is an award-winning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. She has spent her career powerfully capturing the raw reality of immigrant life. Her harrowing immigration journey is chronicled in The Distance Between Us, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.
