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THE HUMMINGBIRD'S DAUGHTER
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| By: |
Luis Alberto Urrea |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0316154520 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780316154529 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY |
| Pub. date: |
3 April, 2006 |
| Pages: |
528 |
| Description: |
Miracles and passion abound in this mesmerizing novel--hailed everywhere as a masterwork--the story of a remarkable young woman's sudden sainthood in the revolutionary-era Mexico of the late 19th century. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Back Bay Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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