The Hummingbird's Daughter (Paperback, 1st Back Bay pbk. ed)

The prizewinning writer Luis Alberto Urrea's long-awaited novel is an epic mystical drama of a young woman's sudden sainthood in late 19th-century Mexico.It is 1889, and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16-year-old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful rancher Don Tomas Urrea, wakes from the strangest dream--a dream that she has died. Only it was not a dream. This passionate and rebellious young woman has arisen from death with a power to heal--but it will take all her faith to endure the trials that await her and her family now that she has become the Saint of Cabora.THE HUMMINGBIRD?S DAUGHTER is a vast, hugely satisfying novel of love and loss, joy and pain. Two decades in the writing, this is the masterpiece that Luis Alberto Urrea has been building up to.

General

Imprint:	Back Bay Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	April 2006
Authors:	Luis Alberto Urrea
Dimensions:	209 x 138 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	499
Edition:	1st Back Bay pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-15452-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions > Women In Power > Books
LSN:	0-316-15452-0
Barcode:	9780316154529

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