{"title":"Linda Valdez","description":"A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2003, LINDA VALDEZ is a columnist and editorial writer at the Arizona Republic\/azcentral.com. She has written extensively about immigration and border issues. Her commentary opposing Arizona's infamous anti-immigration laws earned her the Scripps Howard Walker Stone Award for editorial writing in 2011.","products":[{"product_id":"crossing-the-line-a-marriage-across-borders-paperback","title":"Crossing the Line: A Marriage Across Borders - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eLyrically 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A former Arizona attorney general says this book should be required reading for Donald Trump. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But that's not because this is a political treatise. It isn't. This is a true story that reads like a novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's about how love turns vast differences in background, culture, and experience into a family's biggest asset. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's about the personal triumphs and challenges of raising a child to love both cultures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67973970329823,"sku":"9780875656182","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FiO842R_F39780875656182.webp?v=1791834659"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/linda-valdez.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}