The Resource A dream called home : a memoir, Reyna Grande
A dream called home : a memoir, Reyna Grande
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- Summary
- From bestselling author Reyna Grande whose remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us has become required reading in schools across the country 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. When Reyna Grande was nine-years-old, she walked across the US Mexico border in search of a home, desperate to be reunited with the parents who had left her behind years before for a better life in the City of Angels. What she found instead was an indifferent mother, an abusive, alcoholic father, and a school system that belittled her heritage. With so few resources at her disposal, Reyna finds refuge in words, and it is her love of reading and writing that 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 once again 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 "speak[ing] for millions of immigrants whose voices have gone unheard" (Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street ); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reynas 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501171420
- Label
- A dream called home : a memoir
- Title
- A dream called home
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Reyna Grande
- Subject
-
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity
- trueFirst-generation college students
- Grande, Reyna
- trueDetermination in women
- University of California, Santa Cruz -- Students -- Biography
- Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) -- Biography
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- trueGrande, Reyna
- trueWomen teachers
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueMexican Americans -- California -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- Teachers -- California | Los Angeles -- Biography
- University of California, Santa Cruz -- Students -- 20th century
- Autobiographies
- trueMexico -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- trueMexican American women authors -- Biography
- trueMexican American women -- Biography
- trueImmigrants -- California -- Biography
- Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueCreative writing -- Study and teaching
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From bestselling author Reyna Grande whose remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us has become required reading in schools across the country 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. When Reyna Grande was nine-years-old, she walked across the US Mexico border in search of a home, desperate to be reunited with the parents who had left her behind years before for a better life in the City of Angels. What she found instead was an indifferent mother, an abusive, alcoholic father, and a school system that belittled her heritage. With so few resources at her disposal, Reyna finds refuge in words, and it is her love of reading and writing that 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 once again 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 "speak[ing] for millions of immigrants whose voices have gone unheard" (Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street ); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reynas 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
- Summary
- Describes the author's early experiences as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer who navigated racism and poverty to build a life for her family
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10734842
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grande, Reyna
- Dewey number
- 305.868/720794
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E184.M5
- LC item number
- G664 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Grande, Reyna
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican American women authors
- Teachers
- Mexican Americans
- Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico)
- Mexico
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A dream called home : a memoir, Reyna Grande
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21566933
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501171420
- Lccn
- 2017053844
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022702787
- Label
- A dream called home : a memoir, Reyna Grande
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21566933
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501171420
- Lccn
- 2017053844
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022702787
Subject
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- Autobiographies
- trueCreative writing -- Study and teaching
- trueDetermination in women
- trueFirst-generation college students
- Grande, Reyna
- trueGrande, Reyna
- Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) -- Biography
- trueImmigrants -- California -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity
- trueMexican American women -- Biography
- trueMexican American women authors -- Biography
- trueMexican Americans -- California -- Biography
- Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueMexico -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- Teachers -- California | Los Angeles -- Biography
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- trueUnited States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- University of California, Santa Cruz -- Students -- 20th century
- University of California, Santa Cruz -- Students -- Biography
- trueWomen teachers
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