| Crossing the Line: A Marriage Across Borders Contributor(s): Valdez, Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0875656188 ISBN-13: 9780875656182 Publisher: Texas Christian University Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015026388 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lyrically written with a poet's eye for the human condition and a reporter's attention to detail, this true love story set along the US-Mexico border takes one of the most contentious political disputes of our time and puts it in the context of head-over-heels, love-at-first-sight euphoria. After years of writing nationally acclaimed commentary about immigration for the biggest newspaper in Arizona, award-winning journalist Linda Valdez tells her personal story of marrying a Mexican man whose difficulties in getting a visa led him to cross the border illegally. A former Arizona attorney general says this book should be required reading for Donald Trump. But that's not because this is a political treatise. It isn't. This is a true story that reads like a novel. It's about how love turns vast differences in background, culture, and experience into a family's biggest asset. It's a journey of discovery about the real Mexico and the real Mexicans--and why the United States is lucky to have them for neighbors. It's about the personal triumphs and challenges of raising a child to love both cultures. Throw in the blessing of two powerful matriarchs, the ghost of Pancho Villa, and a purposefully mistranslated wedding, you get a story told with humor and an emotional charge that is both timely and timeless. |