On the same manner, The Distance Between Us: A Memoir is a personal collection of Reyna Grande’s immigration story. Half of the memoir narrates her experiences growing up in poverty before and after both of her parents had immigrated to the United States. The narrative of Grande in Guerrero highlights the difficulties that the …show more content…
In The Distance Between Us: A memoir Reyna Grande’s arrival in the U.S. and her first time attending an American school. In the same way, Grande’s first return to her native town puts her in a stage of social liminality since she has changed and is no longer fully incorporated. On the other hand, in Across a Hundred Mountains social liminality is best observed in the dual identity of Juana (Adelina) as she incorporates some aspects to U.S. society, but does not abandon her internal strives that belong to