The Border Between Us
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The Border Between Us is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction.
RamÃŗn LÃŗpez was born along the USâMexico border but is determined to get out and embrace the American dreamâand heâs not sure whether his complicated family is a help or a hindrance. As the son of immigrants, as RamÃŗn grows, his admiration for his entrepreneurial father sours as he watches his dadâs dreams of success wither on the vine. RamÃŗnâs mother is constantly preoccupied with his younger brother, who struggles with intellectual disabilities. And the outside world is rife with danger and temptations threatening to distract RamÃŗn from his dreams of making it to New York and succeeding as an artist.
As dreams clash with reality and values conflict with desires, RamÃŗn finds the American dream within his reachâbut will it demand too big a sacrifice?
Award-winning author Rudy Ruiz brilliantly captures the beauty and the danger of border life as RamÃŗn struggles to understand his home and his place in the world. The Border Between Us is a stunning, compassionate story about a sonâs fraught relationship with his father, the challenges of pursuing a creative life when you come from humble beginnings, and the power of embracing the whole of who you are.
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Rudy Ruiz is an award-winning author. His short fiction has garnered several notable awards, including four International Latino Book Awards for his short-story collection Seven for the Revolution and the 2017 Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction. His stories have been published in the Notre Dame Review, Ninth Letter, Gulf Coast, and New Texas. A native of the US-Mexico border, he earned his bachelorâs and masterâs degrees at Harvard, and now resides in San Antonio with his wife and children. Visit www.RudyRuiz.com.
Eddie Lopez, a northern California native, earned his BFA in theater from the California Institute of the Arts. He has worked professionally in Los Angeles as an actor and is currently with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He began recording audiobooks for family road trips at the age of eight on his home cassette deck.
