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Book Review: Reyna Grande's 'The Distance Between Us'

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Reyna Grande has explored the travails of the immigrant experience in two moving novels. For her new memoir, "The Distance Between Us," the award-winning writer draws directly on her own family history. The result is a searing and compelling story, as book critic Oscar Villalon explains.

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