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SUMMARY:Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with Reyna Grande
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS ONLINE EVENT.\n\n\n\nIn her 
 ambitious new memoir\, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t 
 Forget\, beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden 
 cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows 
 survival.\n\nWhat is the true power of stories? Can they heal the jagged 
 edges of a traumatic childhood? Is the cost of telling the story worth the 
 price of the cure?\n\nWith her signature blend of sophistication and raw 
 honesty\, Grande interrogates how living between two nations\, two 
 languages\, and two identities has shaped the woman\, mother\, and writer 
 she has become. Moving from the legacy of violence in her hometown of 
 Iguala\, Mexico\, to a bittersweet family vacation in Europe spent 
 reconciling her own impoverished past with her children’s world of 
 abundance\, she uncovers startling truths about the nature of 
 survival.\n\nWhether being racially profiled in the Arizona borderlands or 
 finding unexpected wisdom from the slugs in her garden\, Grande 
 unflinchingly asks: How do we bridge the gap between who we were and who we 
 have become? How do we turn pain into power? When memory threatens to 
 define us\, how can we use story to heal while still honoring our 
 boundaries?\n\nRegister today for this virtual talk if you identify as a 
 seeker\, a dreamer\, or “anyone who believes in the enduring\, 
 transformative power of finding one’s voice.”\n\nAbout the 
 Author:\n\nReyna Grande is an award-winning author\, motivational speaker\, 
 and writing teacher. As a young girl\, she crossed the US–Mexico border 
 to join her family in Los Angeles\, a harrowing journey chronicled in The 
 Distance Between Us\, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her 
 other books include the novels A Ballad of Love and Glory\, Across a 
 Hundred Mountains\, and Dancing with Butterflies\, the memoirs Migrant 
 Heart\, The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition\, and A Dream Called 
 Home\, and the anthology Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on 
 Migration\, Survival\, and New Beginnings. She lives in Woodland\, 
 California\, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for 
 more information.\n\n\n\nWATCH THE RECORDING ANY TIME AFTER THE LIVE EVENT!
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