Books written by Reyna Grande
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The Lives of Others: Discover the Hidden Lives of Some of Our Favorite Atria Authors
She'd said to me at the beginning, “I don't care what we do, as long as we don't watch Martin,” because, she told me, when you're in prison, the black inmates usually run the dayroom, and they want to watch Martin all day.
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Across a Hundred Mountains: A Novel
Leaving her small Mexico hometown after years of caring for her mother, Juana Garcia embarks on a search for the father who disappeared nineteen years earlier and teams up with Adelina Vasquez, who left her family to pursue forbidden love.
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Dancing with Butterflies: A Novel
In Dancing with Butterflies, Reyna Grande renders the Mexican immigrant experience in “lyrical and sensual” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) prose through the poignant stories of four women brought together through folklorico dance.
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A Dream Called Home: A Memoir
Told in Reyna’s exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure.
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The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of ...
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The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
Traces the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors.
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A Ballad of Love and Glory: A Novel
After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with México over the disputed Río Grande boundary. Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves ...
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Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
This anthology of essays, poetry, and art seeks to shift the immigration debate—now shaped by rancorous stereotypes and xenophobia—towards one rooted in humanity and justice.
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Atria Español Presenta: Lo major de literatura Mexicana: Muestra gratis
... lealtad, carajo? Sin embargo, Gregorio exigía esa lealtad minuto a minuto aun cuando la supiera ficticia. Y la exigía a través del engaño, el chantaje, la amenaza. Gregorio me fue cercando lenta,
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A Ballad of Love and Glory: A Novel
"A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--
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Inquebrantable: mi historia, a mi manera
En Inquebrantable, Jenni, con la honestidad que la caracterizaba, relata los momentos cruciales en su pasado y revela sus experiencias de violencia doméstica y abuso sexual, divorcio y problemas de imagen corporal, así como la manera en ...
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Somewhere We Are Human \ Donde somos humanos (Spanish edition): Historias genuinas sobre migración, sobrevivencia y renaceres
Con una introducción del ganador del Premio Pulitzer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, En algún lugar somos humano es una antología de cuarenta y cuatro ensayos y poemas atrevidos, importantes y revolucionarios escritos por inmigrantes, refugiados y ...
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A Ballad of Love and Glory: A Novel
"A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--
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The Distance Between Us: Young Reader Edition
Both funny and heartbreaking, The Distance Between Us sheds light on the immigrant experience beautifully capturing the struggle that Reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture, language, and family ...
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A Ballad of Love and Glory
Amidst the Mexican-American War, US soldier John Riley defects to the Mexican Army and leads a company of deserters determined to defend Mexico from the invaders. He is inexorably drawn to Ximena, a gifted healer.
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Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
This anthology of essays, poetry, and art seeks to shift the immigration debate--now shaped by rancorous stereotypes and xenophobia--towards one rooted in humanity and justice.
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The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition
"At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed."--Provided by publisher.
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Dancing with Butterflies: A Novel
In Dancing with Butterflies, Reyna Grande renders the Mexican immigrant experience in “lyrical and sensual” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) prose through the poignant stories of four women brought together through folklorico dance.