By Rudy Ruiz<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Literary Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publisher: Blackstone Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pages: 256<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publication Date: August 27, 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click to visit participating blogs and enter the giveaway.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n LSBBT Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ames for the Stars<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It’s Not All Gravy<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Rox Burkey Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Guatemala Paula Loves to Read<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Boys’ Mom Reads<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n StoreyBook Reviews<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Sybrina’s Book Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Reading by Moonlight<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Real World According to Sam<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Rainy Days with Amanda<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hall Ways Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Plain-Spoken Pen<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ram\u00f3n L\u00f3pez was born along the US\u2013Mexico border but is determined to get out and embrace the American dream\u2014and he\u2019s not sure whether his complicated family is a help or a hindrance. As the son of immigrants, as Ram\u00f3n grows, his admiration for his entrepreneurial father sours as he watches his dad\u2019s dreams of success wither on the vine. Ram\u00f3n\u2019s 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 Ram\u00f3n from his dreams of making it to New York and succeeding as an artist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As dreams clash with reality and values conflict with desires, Ram\u00f3n finds the American dream within his reach\u2014but will it demand too big a sacrifice?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Award-winning author Rudy Ruiz brilliantly captures the beauty and the danger of border life as Ram\u00f3n struggles to understand his home and his place in the world. The Border Between Us is a stunning, compassionate story about a son\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Amazon <\/a>| B&N<\/a> | Bookshop.org<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n +Add to Goodreads<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEBSITE <\/a>\u25c6 X\/TWITTER<\/a> \u25c6 AMAZON <\/a>\u25c6 GOODREADS<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On book blitz Tuesday, October 15, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[813,830],"class_list":["post-3388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lone-star-literary-life","tag-lonestarliterarycom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSpg7MRSHa2slqt523iPRZZS5MEn-Q9a0BSC4FWqL9VfRSEbYUXN9DhFjiwphwSyLL2nmhDILCb2QDgMRswjZ32vXidSkreyL_7pkNDPcFoJCbt5waBPzE3CNQ-UAIlHVWKCxdt3jRjjD_aoCW1Ovq07-MySsgvdB1KDth23r-PBaPQD_d7zIfQEwbSWGx\/w230-h226\/LoneStarBookBlogTours.png\")
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ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong> The Border Between Us<\/em> is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/04_author_photo_rudy_ruiz.png\")
ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong>: Rudy Ruiz is the author of The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez and Valley of Shadows. He is a winner of the Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction, the Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction, and multiple International Latino Book Awards. A bilingual native of the US\u2013Mexico border, he earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees at Harvard University. Rudy lives and writes in Texas and New England with his wife and children. Visit his website at RudyRuiz.com.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n