When Reyna Grande was 9, she was smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border to reunite with her parents in America. She told that story in her first memoir, “The Distance Between Us,” and she joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the rest of her journey from undocumented immigrant to celebrated writer. Her new memoir is called “A Dream Called Home” (Atria Books).
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