In the book "The Distance Between Us", by Reyna Grande, of 322 pages is a memoir based on Reyna's childhood from poverty to a border dividing up a family. The story begins with three children who are left behind with their mother in Mexico meanwhile their father heads to "el otro lado" or the other side which is in the U.S. The father had left Reyna and her siblings at a very young age all that Reyna had of her dad was a picture frame to remember him. She referred to it as the man behind the looking glass. The Father's hope was to save up enough money to come back to Mexico and build a house for his family. The conflict starts when the mother chooses to leave behind her children for the wrong choices. The children were left in Mexico with their evil grandmother while the mother crossed the border to the U.S. to help their father. In a short amount of time, the mother had came back to Mexico but with another baby girl. The way the selfish mother was acting towards her own children, I was able to predict the major plot points. As the story continued I realized that I developed a connection with Reyna because from my own childhood I experienced the separation of my parents. I liked how the author implied her own thoughts and feelings toward her situations. This character build up potential and set her goal since the very beginning. I recommend reading this book because it takes you through real life events that might have happened to you or can happen.
-Angelica Pacheco
I really liked how you explained the plot of the book, and I want to read it because I like realistic type books as much as I like fictional books like Harry Potter. I also like how you talk about your own experience and connection with the book because it can show why you chose to read that book. The only book on migration that I read was The Warmth of Other Suns which I really liked, so I'll give this book a try.
ReplyDeleteThis book is well informed that I can imagine the struggle this family went through. Although it is an insight completely different from my own life. I am surely positive that in this book I will have similar connections as you did once I read it.
ReplyDeleteThe book seems like a great nonfiction to view the lives and choices that have to be made within the lower class. You told the plot fluently without giving so much information that would ruin the ending. Your connection helps make the book look more appealing to read and makes me want to see whether I could connect with any of the characters or not. Definitely seems like a good book and I might give it a try!
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