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A Dream Called Home
“Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true.” —Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street

From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time.

As an immigrant in an unfamiliar country, with an indifferent mother and abusive father, Reyna had few resources at her disposal. Taking refuge in words, Reyna’s love of reading and writing propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream.

Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to “a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer” (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist whose “power is growing with every book” (Luis Alberto Urrea, Pultizer Prize finalist); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect.

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.
Somewhere We Are Human \ Donde somos humanos (Spanish edition)

Somewhere We Are Human \ Donde somos humanos (Spanish edition)

Reyna Grande, Sonia Guiñansaca

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Somewhere We Are Human \ Donde somos humanos (Spanish edition)

Somewhere We Are Human \ Donde somos humanos (Spanish edition)

Reyna Grande, Sonia Guiñansaca

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A Ballad of Love and Glory / Corrido de amor y gloria (Spanish edition)

A Ballad of Love and Glory / Corrido de amor y gloria (Spanish edition)

Reyna Grande

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A Ballad of Love and Glory / Corrido de amor y gloria (Spanish ed)

A Ballad of Love and Glory / Corrido de amor y gloria (Spanish ed)

Reyna Grande

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Somewhere We Are Human

Somewhere We Are Human

Reyna Grande, Sonia Guiñansaca

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Somewhere We Are Human

Somewhere We Are Human

Reyna Grande, Sonia Guiñansaca

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A Ballad of Love and Glory

A Ballad of Love and Glory

Reyna Grande

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A Ballad of Love and Glory

A Ballad of Love and Glory

Reyna Grande

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La búsqueda de un sueño (A Dream Called Home Spanish edition)

La búsqueda de un sueño (A Dream Called Home Spanish edition)

Reyna Grande

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La búsqueda de un sueño (A Dream Called Home Spanish edition)

La búsqueda de un sueño (A Dream Called Home Spanish edition)

Reyna Grande

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A Dream Called Home

A Dream Called Home

Reyna Grande

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The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us

Reyna Grande

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La distancia entre nosotros

La distancia entre nosotros

Reyna Grande

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La distancia entre nosotros

La distancia entre nosotros

Reyna Grande

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The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us

Reyna Grande

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The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us

Reyna Grande

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Dancing with Butterflies

Dancing with Butterflies

Reyna Grande

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Dancing with Butterflies

Dancing with Butterflies

Reyna Grande

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A traves de cien montanas (Across a Hundred Mountains)

A traves de cien montanas (Across a Hundred Mountains)

Reyna Grande

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Across a Hundred Mountains

Across a Hundred Mountains

Reyna Grande

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Across a Hundred Mountains

Across a Hundred Mountains

Reyna Grande

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