Migrant Heart by Reyna Grande Review
Title: Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget Author: Reyna Grande Age Group: Adult Genre: Essays/Memoir Star Rating: 5 Out of 5 Stars I received an advanced reader copy of this book through the publisher, Atria Books, and Netgalley, my thanks to both! I love essays and memoirs, especially ones that dig deep. Nonfiction can be picky for me, but I really loved Migrant Heart! Reyna Grande is a woman with deep trauma and psychological scars. A writer and novelist, she opens up about her family history, including how she crossed the border illegally as a child. This book was so raw and brave to me: I was spellbound by this deep, painful yet lovely book. I couldn’t stop reading, and when I wasn’t reading, it was haunting my thoughts. In it, Grande questions being a child of both America and Mexico, picking apart the knots of her childhood and upbringing, her present, and her future, as well as the future of her young children. I was totally captivated, and this book was n...