Across a Hundred Mountains:

A Novel

Simon and Schuster, May 15, 2007 - Fiction - 272 pages

After a tragedy separates her from her mother, Juana García 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.

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About the author (2007)

Reyna Grande is the author of two award-winning novels. Across a Hundred Mountains received an American Book Award, and Dancing with Butterflies was the recipient of an International Latino Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles.

Bibliographic information

Title	Across a Hundred Mountains: A Novel WSP readers club
Author	Reyna Grande
Edition	reprint
Publisher	Simon and Schuster, 2007
ISBN	0743269586, 9780743269582
Length	272 pages
Subjects	Fiction › General Fiction / General

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