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'Sometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over you, like
you're swimming under a big, sparkling night sky' Celeste Ng,
author of Little Fires Everywhere 'A formidable, necessary voice in
fiction' Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Malibu Rising 'A feat of
old-school storytelling' The Observer There is one every
generation, a seer who keeps the stories. Luz "Little Light" Lopez,
a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after
her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is
run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s
Denver, she begins to have visions that transport her to her
Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects
her ancestors' origins, how her family flourished, and how they
were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have
devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the
end, it is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing
into oblivion. Written in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's singular voice,
the wildly entertaining and complex lives of the Lopez family fill
the pages of this multigenerational western saga. Woman of Light is
a transfixing novel about survival, family secrets, and love-filled
with an unforgettable cast of characters, all of whom are just as
special, memorable, and complicated as our beloved heroine, Luz.
'Captivating' Mieko Kawakami, author of Breasts and Eggs '[A]
bewitching debut novel' BBC's History magazine
'Sometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over you, like
you're swimming under a big, sparkling night sky' Celeste Ng,
author of Little Fires Everywhere 'A formidable, necessary voice in
fiction' Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Malibu Rising There is one
every generation, a seer who keeps the stories. Luz "Little Light"
Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself
after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker,
is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s
Denver, she begins to have visions that transport her to her
Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects
her ancestors' origins, how her family flourished, and how they
were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have
devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the
end, it is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing
into oblivion. Written in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's singular voice,
the wildly entertaining and complex lives of the Lopez family fill
the pages of this multigenerational western saga. Woman of Light is
a transfixing novel about survival, family secrets, and love-filled
with an unforgettable cast of characters, all of whom are just as
special, memorable, and complicated as our beloved heroine, Luz.
'Captivating' Mieko Kawakami, author of Breasts and Eggs 'An
absolutely glorious novel' Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here
'A rare and wondrous kind of novel that assembles the universe from
mere words' Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather; Introduction by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
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R414
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Discovery Miles 3 160
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Ed Pavlic
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