The Audacious Book Club: Rivermouth

A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration by Alejandra Oliva

Early in her new memoir, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration, Alejandra Oliva writes about the complicated relationship her family has with the Rio Grande, the river that serves as the border between South Texas and Mexico. Her grandmother, she notes, was born in Brownsville, Texas, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, but the family ev…