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Community Book Group with Reyna Grande
05/21/2010 7:30 pm
05/21/2010 9:00 pm
Led by Julie Minnis with an author
discussion with REYNA GRANDE
Across A Hundred Mountains
Our next Community Book Group celebrates an incredible novel by one time Santa Cruz resident, Reyna Grande.
After a tragedy separates her from her mother, Juana Garcia leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his family two years earlier to find work in America and rise above the oppressive poverty of his country. Out of money and in need of someone to help her across the border, Juana meets Adelina Vasquez, a young woman who left her family in California to follow her lover to Mexico. Finding themselves--in a Tijuana jail--in desperate circumstances, they offer each other much needed material and spiritual support and ultimately become linked forever in the most unexpected of ways.
A stunning and poignant story of migration, loss, and discovery, in Across a Hundred Mountains Reyna Grande puts a human face on the controversial issue of immigration, helping readers to better understand those who risk life and limb every day in pursuit of a better life. This is a book that is written to be discussed. Join us in doing so with author, Reyna Grande, and Book Group facilitator Julie Minnis. Across a Hundred Mountains will be discounted to the whole community at 10% off its cover price until the May 21st meeting date. We hope you’ll join us.
PS: There will be snacks and tea!!
Read these great questions prepared by Julie Minnis
and get ready for a wonderful event.
