In her new memoir, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. Grande will discuss this and more during her virtual author talk sponsored by the Ocean County Library Thursday, July 16 at 2 p.m.

With her signature blend of sophistication and raw honesty, Grande interrogates how living between two nations, two languages and two identities has shaped the…