mexican american women authors

"Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika S?nchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment--a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she's now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist. . . . S?nchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception"--Provided by publisher.

At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed.

Traces the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors.

At age nine, Reyna crossed the Mexico-America border to seek out her lost family. She was bitterly disappointed to find, however, an indifferent mother and an alcoholic, abusive father. She takes refuge in words and becomes a voracious reader and writer. As she enters college she dreams of becoming a writer, but quickly learns that she doesn't know how to turn her dream into reality. Here, she reflects on her journey from undocumented immigrant to successful writer, and growing up feeling alienated from a culture she tries to hang on to.

"At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed"--Provided by publisher.

Reyna Grande chronicles her life as an undocumented immigrant, from her border crossing at age nine, discussing her difficult relationship with her father, and other complications with her family during childhood.

At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed.

"A [collection] of essays spanning the author's career a[nd] reflecting upon the various homes she's lived in around the world"--Provided by publisher.

When Reyna Grande's father leaves his wife and three children behind in a village in Mexico to work in the United States, he promises to return with enough money to build them a dream house where they can all live together. Instead, his wife joins him and Reyna and her siblings are depositied in the already overburdened household of their stern, unsmiling grandmother. The three siblings band together to combat the pain of abandonment. When their mother returns at last, Reyna will make her own journey to live with her father.