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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American
  Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with Reyna Grande
DESCRIPTION:
 
 In her ambitious new memoir\,&nbsp\;Migrant Heart: Essays
  About Things I Can’t Forget\, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande i
 lluminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey o
 f healing that follows survival.
 What is the true power of stories? Can 
 they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic childhood? Is the cost of tellin
 g the story worth the price of the cure?
 With her signature blend of sop
 histication and raw honesty\, Grande interrogates how living between two n
 ations\, two languages\, and two identities has shaped the woman\, mother\
 , and writer she has become. Moving from the legacy of violence in her hom
 etown of Iguala\, Mexico\, to a bittersweet family vacation in Europe spen
 t reconciling her own impoverished past with her children’s world of abu
 ndance\, she uncovers startling truths about the nature of survival.
 Whe
 ther being racially profiled in the Arizona borderlands or finding unexpec
 ted wisdom from the slugs in her garden\, Grande unflinchingly asks: How d
 o we bridge the gap between who we were and who we have become? How do we 
 turn pain into power? When memory threatens to define us\, how can we use 
 story to heal while still honoring our boundaries?
 Register today for th
 is virtual talk if you identify as a seeker\, a dreamer\, or “anyone who
  believes in the enduring\, transformative power of finding one’s voice.
 ”
 About the Author:
 Reyna Grande is an award-winning author\, motiva
 tional speaker\, and writing teacher. As a young girl\, she crossed the US
 –Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles\, a harrowing journey c
 hronicled in&nbsp\;The Distance Between Us\, a National Book Critics Circl
 e Award finalist. Her other books include the novels&nbsp\;A Ballad of Lov
 e and Glory\,&nbsp\;Across a Hundred Mountains\, and&nbsp\;Dancing with Bu
 tterflies\, the memoirs&nbsp\;Migrant Heart\,&nbsp\;The Distance Between U
 s: Young Readers&nbsp\;Edition\, and&nbsp\;A Dream Called Home\, and&nbsp\
 ;the anthology&nbsp\;Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration
 \,&nbsp\;Survival\, and New Beginnings. She lives in Woodland\, California
 \, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for more infor
 mation.
 
 
 
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 The views expressed by presenters are thei
 r own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of t
 hem or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or ent
 ity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Mountainside F
 ree Public Library.
 When you register\, you will receive an email with t
 he link to the live feed. You may also watch past recordings at any time.

 
 https://libraryc.org/mountainsidelibrary
 
 
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