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A Ballad of Love and Glory: A Novel by Reyna Grande #ModernLatinaBookClub
We are so excited to end 2022 with this month’s book club reading “A Ballad of Love and Glory: A Novel” by California author Reyna Grande. Reyna shares how she wrote this novel to learn more about the war, or invasion of Mexico and to better understand the U.S.-Mexican border. In this novel, the reader…
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Across a hundred mountains by Reyna Grande #ModernLatinaBookClub
by Mona Lisa Sharp Reyna Grande’s earnest novel “Across a hundred mountains” addresses a subject that has been in today’s news- illegal immigrants, their families and what pushes them to risk their lives. In Grande’s novel, she describes the story of two girls, Juana and Adelina, and the experiences that collide their worlds together. The…
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Interview with Award-Winning Novelist Reyna Grande
Interview with Reyna Grande, a critically acclaimed author known for her award-winning novel, Across a Hundred Mountains, Dancing With Butterflies and most recently released The Distance Between Us. In her most recent book she shares her personal Mexican immigrant experience touching upon such topics as poverty, relationships with parents, and struggles to overcome obstacles to…