The Distance Between Us

A remarkable writer, Reina Grande, a remarkable memoir of life before and after illegal entry from Mexico to the United States

Her parents, after leaving for America to find a job, were born in Mexico at 9 years of age and brought up by grandparents, Reina entered the United States as an undocumented immigrant with his father. With hope, she immediately realized that life in the United States is far from perfect. Her father is not what she had dreamed of in Mexico for years. His big dream for children was to allow them to cross the border, but his alcoholism and anger compromised all his efforts and goodwill. Reina discovered comfort in the book and wrote from a violent house inspired by the sound of Latina she read. After the explosive quarrel, Reina received higher education among her family, acquired a university degree, and then continued to be the first person to get MFA. Creative Writing

American immigration politics is at its boiling point, Reina Grande is a public voice that is important for Mexican Americans and immigrants. The distance between us has the power to change our heart and mind.

"I have been waiting for this book for decades.The American Millennium's story is a story of Latin American immigrants, but why do immigrants tell stories? Hero's journey, hundreds We speak for a million immigrants, their voice is unprecedented. "

"The core grief of the Grand Story is ruthless, which is against the reading of the summer, but this book is not a problem as it should have a long retention period."

"Cruel and sincere book ..." American ashes in modern Mexican immigrant experience - Los Angeles Times

"... [A] inspirational, very personal memoir ... attacked intense debate." - book

There is a concept of distance between each of us. Geographical beliefs, distance between needs and geography But the distance between us is also very difficult. In a sense, each of us lives in a small Silicon Valley; it is always isolated from the people around us. When I say something or write something, I need time to find you. The longer I go, the longer I have to go. Even if I were in front of you, my words will still take time to reach your ears, will be digested by your ideas and will react your body. Of course, we still can hear, see, smell, we can still have a sense of movement; but the distance seems to turn our input red. The delay time will be long enough, such as 20 milliseconds, which is the fastest human response time on the planet, and conversation will be interrupted. Switching to the CB protocol is required for 70 ms or more. These are our agreement, our telephone network, numbers in our culture

Hello. We began to realize that the origin of Bertie's stuttering is related to his growth, and partly to his father's ruthless attitude. This narrows the emotional distance between us and the royal family because we each have at least some doubts about our childhood experience.

I never stopped moving forward, like keeping some distance between time itself, or of course, that terrible day. Most of the people who lived in 1963 will disappear within a generation and for this country the prospect of a complete resolution seems to disappear further every 11 months. However, as long as the generation living in the Dallas breath still is, someone will propose the possibility of suppressed or ignored information for a long time. Donahue received anecdotes on three different occasions, but his theory was confirmed without confirmation. Perhaps other people are released from the stress of history and may not want much to decide to solve the problem at the end.