Grande candidly tells the story of her family’s transition from her poor Mexican village to city life in Los Angeles, California. Grande challenges her readers to reflect on the multiplicity of the immigrant experience and the emotional warfare that goes unnoticed by many in “El Otro Lado” (Spanish: “The Other Side,” referring to the United States of America). The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTĪward-winning novelist Reyna Grande skillfully depicts the “other” side of the immigrant experience-the life-unseen that the hegemonic white gaze often fails to fully comprehend. The Distance Between Us: A Memoir, Grande, Reyna.
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