When she was nine, her father was able to send money for the passage to “El Otro Lado.”Ī Dream Called Home is a chronicle of public milestones and private sorrows. Feeling abandoned in Iguala, Reyna was left in the care of relatives who were often cruel. Later, when Grande was five, her mother also left to join her husband in California. When Grande was barely a year old, her father crossed the border to “El Otro Lado” (The other side) to find a way to earn money to send back to his family in desperately impoverished Iguala, Guerrero. Her life story is a fascinating one, not only because of her willingness to be absolutely frank about her feelings and perceptions but for the impact the immigration experience has had on generations of families and the family structure. Reyna Grande shares her experiences as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who, at age nine, accompanied by young siblings and a coyote, succeeded on her third attempt to cross the border near Tijuana.
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