Reyna Grande A Dream Called Home
Sep 12, 2018•36 min
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Episode description
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Our guest today is Reyna Grande, author of A Dream Called Home published by Atria, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, just this month.
Reyna is an award winning novelist and memoirist. She has received an American Book Award and the Latino Book Award.
Her novels, Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing With Butterflies, not only have been published to critical acclaim but more importantly are read in schools across the country. The Distance Between Us, her first memoir deals with Reyna’s arduous journey to the states and the pursuit of a better life.
A Dream Called Home, continues Reyna’s journey through college, family, trips to what was home, having a child, marrying and becoming the author that she now is and in writing this story gives a voice to those that would follow in her footsteps.
Reyna is an award winning novelist and memoirist. She has received an American Book Award and the Latino Book Award.
Her novels, Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing With Butterflies, not only have been published to critical acclaim but more importantly are read in schools across the country. The Distance Between Us, her first memoir deals with Reyna’s arduous journey to the states and the pursuit of a better life.
A Dream Called Home, continues Reyna’s journey through college, family, trips to what was home, having a child, marrying and becoming the author that she now is and in writing this story gives a voice to those that would follow in her footsteps.
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