Author Reyna Grande will join the L.A. Times Book Club for a virtual conversation about her new novel, “A Ballad of Love and Glory” on March 29. Get tickets to the free event.
about her new novel, “A Ballad of Love and Glory.”
Set in 1846, Grande’s historical saga follows a Mexican Army nurse and a disheartened Irish soldier during the Mexican-American War.Publishers WeeklyGrande is the author of a bestselling 2012 memoir, “The Distance Between Us,” about a childhood torn between Mexico and California. In 2018, she published “A Dream Called Home,” a sequel. She also has written two previous novels, “Across A Hundred Mountains” and “Dancing with Butterflies.” Grande lives in Woodland, Calif. with her family.
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